Armenia negotiating with vaccine manufacturer ModernaJuly 2, 2020 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is negotiating with vaccine manufacturer Moderna and international agencies, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said Thursday, July 2. Moderna Therapeutics is a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech company co-founded by Armenian entrepreneur Noubar Afeyan. Torosyan said more than 100 potential Covid-19 vaccines are currently in the works worldwide, but only 20 of them could actually be approved. The Minister said Armenia is negotiating both with manufacturers and international agencies who will be overseeing the even distribution of the vaccines once they are ready. Torosyan also said that 650 coronavirus patients in Armenia are in serious or critical condition. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Armenia grew by 593 to reach 26,658 on Thursday morning. So far, 15,036 people have recovered, 459 have died from the coronavirus in the country, while 153 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. |