U.S. to provide additional $600,000 to help Armenia fight Covid-19

U.S. to provide additional $600,000 to help Armenia fight Covid-19
April 17, 2020 - 12:02 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States will provide more funding to Armenia to help the country fight Covid-19, USAID said in a Facebook post on Friday, April 17․

The U.S. Government, through USAID, has committed an additional $600,000 support Armenia's response to the novel coronavirus.

The new funds will build on the $1.1 million support announced earlier, to prepare laboratory systems, to activate case-finding and event-based surveillance, to support technical experts for response and preparedness, to bolster risk communication, as well as to develop other related fields.

Armenia has extended the state of emergency by 30 days until May 14.

So far, 1201 people have tested positive for Covid-19, 402 people have recovered, 19 have died in the country.

 Top stories
Armenian, Azerbaijan Foreign Ministers attending NATO partner summitArmenian, Azerbaijan Foreign Ministers attending NATO partner summit
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington.
CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions”CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions”
The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions.
Armenian cemetery in Fresno hit by arsons six times since JanuaryArmenian cemetery in Fresno hit by arsons six times since January
Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance.
EU says not planning military drills with ArmeniaEU says not planning military drills with Armenia
The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.
Partner news
 Articles
Azerbaijan's brutal beheadings and torture of Armenians

A non-exhaustive summary of war crimes

 Most popular in the section
Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals
Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty
Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year
Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process
Home
All news
Overview: Foreign Policy & Diaspora
Archive for April 17, 2020
Other news in this section
 Latest news
Viva sees growing demand for cloud services In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud services
Turkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.
Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.
Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app.
---