Artsakh State Minister Grigory Martirosyan announced today that no coronavirus cases have been registered in the country to date.

Martirosyan, who chairs the Interdepartmental Coordination Committee to Prevent the Spread of New Coronavirus, sat down today with Artsakh Minister of Health Arayik Baghryan to discuss steps now underway in this regard.

Baghryan, according to an Artsakh government press release, said that some forty medical samples had been sent to Yerevan for virus testing but that all were negative.

He said that medical staff with laser thermometers are monitoring all travelers entering Artsakh from Armenia at the two land crossings.

Baghryan also advised Artsakh residents not to travel abroad unless absolutely necessary.

Photo (from left): Grigory Martirosyan, Arayik Baghryan