The first group of Armenian nationals have been airlifted out of Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak in the Islamic Republic.
12 new flights to Armenia, mainly from Europe, are expected to open in 2020, Chairwoman of the Tourism Committee Susanna Safaryan told reporters today.
Armenia has dispatched a healthcare specialist to Tehran to screen and monitor the passengers upon boarding who are bound for Yerevan on the special flight due to airlift 65 people, Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan said.
There are no novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) cases in Armenia as of 13:00, February 25, the Ministry of Healthcare said, adding that preventive measures are proceeding to prevent the virus from entering the country.
Surgeons at Yerevan’s Nork Marash Medical Center have successfully completed a 10-hour congenital heart defect surgery on a three-year-old Iraqi girl who was brought to Armenia for the procedure.
83 suspected cases of the novel coronavirus have all tested negative in Armenia since January 24, National Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Artavazd Vanyan told a news conference.
The Government of Armenia is closing the land border with Iran and imposing partial restrictions on air traffic with the Islamic Republic amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
An Armenian serviceman has been wounded on February 23 as the Azerbaijani military opened cross-border gunfire at combat positions of the Armenian Armed Forces, Ministry of Defense spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajčák visited today the Armenian Genocide Memorial on the sidelines of his official visit to pay tribute to the memory of the innocent victims.
The Armenian Embassy in Iran is temporarily suspending its consular section’s work (citizens’ registration and reception) starting February 23, the embassy said in a statement amid the novel coronavirus (covid-2019) outbreak in Iran.
