  Armenia will acquire confirmatory test kits for coronavirus January 31, 2020 - 14:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will start acquiring confirmatory test kits to identify if a patient is positive for the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan told reporters on Friday, January 31. "This is a new disease and the test is under development,” the minister said, adding that an arrangement has been reached with a Chinese manufacturer for buying the tests," the Minister said, according to Aysor.am. “Our embassy will acquire the tests and send them to Armenia for us to use them if necessary.” Torosyan revealed that the tests are used only when clinical symptoms of the disease come forth. So far, he said, there hasn’t been any suspected case in Armenia among travelers arriving in the country. At least 213 people have died in China - mostly in Hubei province where the virus emerged - with almost 10,000 cases nationally. The WHO said there had been 98 cases in 18 other countries, but no deaths. Most international cases are in people who had been to the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei. Related issues:   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
