Covid-19: Armenia Health Minister elaborates on worst-case scenarioMay 5, 2020 - 18:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has 1550 hospital beds for coronavirus patients, while the entire number of hospital beds in the country is 12,000, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said on Tuesday, May 5. Active Covid-19 cases in the country have now reached 1462. Torosyan on Monday did not rule out that the number of coronavirus infections in the country could reach 10,000 by the end of the May. On Tuesday, the Health Minister unveiled a worst-case scenario, according to which the number of infections in the country may exceed 524,000, of which 26,200 may be in severe condition. The number of beds required during the peak of the epidemic will reach about 12,400, Torosyan said, adding that everything must be done to prevent such a scenario from ever happening. Armenia on Monday eased lifted restrictions imposed under the state of emergency, a measure extended until May 14 to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Armenia grew by 112 to reach 2619 on Tuesday, according to information provided by the Health Ministry. So far, 1111 people have recovered, 40 have died from the coronavirus in the country, while six others carrying the virus have died from other causes. 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. |