Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired a regular sitting of the Commission Coordinating the Work on preventing the Spread of Coronavirus in the Republic of Armenia.

After the sitting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held an online briefing after today’s regular meeting of the Commandant’s Office. The briefing was attended by Artavazd Vanyan, Director General of the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention SNCO by the Ministry of Health, and Arman Hovakimyan, Director of St. Gregory the Illuminator Hospital.

Artavazd Vanyan, Director General of the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention SNCO of the RA Ministry of Health, noted: “Recent events have shown, in particular, funerals, , parties, led to small outbreaks. There were even funerals when the deceased had no contact with the coronavirus, and an entire village became infected during the funeral. In the case of just one patient who has no symptoms, we have patients in an entire village.

The same goes for a parties. We had a kindergarten worker in Syunik region, and it turned out that only 6 of the participants in the 7-person birthday event had a positive result. People thought he had no symptoms, he was healthy, he had infected everyone. These examples show that the virus is spreading very rapidly.”