Deputy Minister of Health Lena Nanushyan wrote on her Facebook page, “Unfortunately, one of the important indicators of the intensity of the spread of coronavirus infection – the reproductive rate (Rt COVID19) for Armenia has now increased to 2 1.02 (Link here).
If this index is higher than 1, it predicts the rapid spread of the virus. Each infected person will infect more than 1 person.
Just a few days ago, it was below 1 and was indicating a decrease in cases.
It is necessary to continue to follow all the rules: wear a mask, often wash or disinfect hands, keep a distance from each other.
Otherwise, we will have a sharp increase in cases, which, of course, will be facilitated by the increase in the mobility of the population due to the activities of educational institutions, the emergence of accumulations.
Efforts must be made to counter the epidemic. It is a pity that some people, for various personal reasons, spread misinformation about the currently known preventive measures against COVID 19, such as the mask.
Be healthy, there is nothing more precious than health. Keep it by simple means of a mask. “I hope that medicine will soon be able to have other more effective means, but as long as they do not exist, wear a mask and save your and your relatives’ lives,” she said.
