Armenia building modular hospital to fight coronavirus outbreakMarch 18, 2020 - 10:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A modular building is being constructed near Yerevan’s Nork Republican Infectious Clinical Hospital, where coronavirus patients are currently receiving treatment. According to Health Minister Arsen Torosyan, 40 wards will be ready in just 3-4 days. Armenia raised the number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 78 on Tuesday, March 17 evening. According to Torosyan, at least 95% of the confirmed cases have no symptoms. Armenia declared a 30-day state of emergency on Monday, and banned citizens of 16 nations from entering the country. So far, one person has recovered from the coronavirus in Armenia. 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 | 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. |