Coronavirus: Delta variant spreads to Armenia tooJuly 26, 2021 - 14:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said on Monday, July 26 that the super-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has now reached Armenia. Avanesyan told reporters that health authorities have yet to sequence a single sample, but argued that the new strain has spread to the country as well, citing Armenia's open borders with both Georgia and Russia, where the variant is now thriving, Aysor.am reports. According to her, there is a threat of a new wave of Covid infections in the first half of fall. She said the Ministry is doing everything to have 40-50% of the population vaccinated against the virus. As of July 25, a total of 152,529 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Armenia, the Ministry said earlier on Monday. Foreigners currently residing in Armenia and tourists too can receive the jabs free of charge. Beginning from July 15, however, travelers will need to spend at least 10 days in the country to become eligible for the shots. 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 | 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. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |