Pashinyan said assistance would be earmarked for children whose parents have lost their jobs due to the crisis. He said that such children would receive 100,000 drams monthly ($200) in assistance.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, at a parliamentary session today, said there is no such thing as daily wage workers in Armenia, adding that there are only registered and non-registered employees.
The Armenian government today decided to prohibit people from leaving their homes except to buy food, medicine, other necessary household items, and in cases exempted by the State of Emergency Command.
Eateries can only make deliveries.
“Why should I pay,” Tsarukyan told reporters in the Armenian parliament today. “The state has declared a state of emergency, and it is obliged as a family father to provide money to all its people who do not work. I am an ordinary citizen today, the
As a result of declaring a state of emergency in the Republic of Armenia on March 16, 2020, at all border checkpoints of the Republic of Armenia
The ban will run from March 22 until the state of emergency is lifted on April 16.
Torosyan briefed the Sargsyan on the current situation and trends of the spread of the new coronavirus, as well as the measures taken to prevent and treat the spread of the infection.
Torosyan, at a government cabinet session, said that thirteen of the infected are over 60 and that none are in serious medical condition.