Covid: Situation stable despite steep rise in cases – health officialJune 30, 2022 - 12:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The situation with the coronavirus in Armenia is stable, despite a significant increase in the number of cases registered in a week, says Romela Abovyan, head of the Department of Epidemiology of Noncommunicable Diseases at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sputnik Armenia reports. "The epidemiological situation is stable, although during we have registered a 146% increase in the last 14 days against the previous 2 weeks. The reproduction coefficient of Covid-19 stood at 1․47," Abovyan said The expert noted that most of the new cases are discovered among people who take the test before leaving the country or after arriving. They usually have no symptoms, she added. According to Abovyan, no patient is currently hospitalized in Armenia with Covid. Moreover,the official said, by EU standards, Armenia is now in the "green zone" in terms of the epidemic. The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Armenia grew by 139 to reach 423,243 between June 20 and 26, according to information provided by the Health Ministry. 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. |