Coronavirus: Armenia temporarily restoring visa regime with IranMarch 2, 2020 - 12:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will temporarily restore the visa regime with Iran within the next five days, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, as part of preventive measures the country is taking to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus. Pashinyan urged Armenians against traveling to Iran and transporting goods to the Islamic Republic. Armenia reported its first case of coronavirus on Sunday, March 1 morning, in a citizen returning from Iran. The 29-year-old man went to see a doctor because he was not feeling well, just days after arriving in the country on February 28. 32 people who had been in close contact with the man are currently kept in quarantine at a five-star hotel in the town of Tsaghkadzor. Iran reported 11 more deaths from the virus on Sunday, March 1, bringing its death toll to 54 – the highest outside China. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. |