Health Minister Arsen Torosyan issued a statement saying:
“As the new coronavirus has a much more severe impact on our elderly citizens with chronic health problems, we need to pay more attention to their protection.”
In addition, Coronovirus belongs to a group of viruses that cause a variety of diseases, from the common flu to severe illness, such as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). The new coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new subtype that has not yet been found in humans.
The World Health Organization has declared a pandemic due to a coronavirus (COVID-19).