 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 Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed.Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |
