Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, who was today appointed to head the country’s State of Emergency Commission, release the following Facebook post on guidelines concerning gatherings and public events in the country.
Twelve of the 22 new cases are said to be linked to a betrothal ceremony in the Armavir town of Etchmiadzin, the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Taking the podium at the National Assembly, PM Nikol Pashinyan told MPs that thirty COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the country and that nineteen are linked to a marriage betrothal party that took place in the town of Etchmiadzin.
Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in Armenia, the government today declared a state of emergency in the country from 6:30 pm today to 14:00 pm on April 14.
A Hetq team of reporters visit the town of Etchmiadzin, now the epicenter of the virus in Armenia, to see firsthand what local drugstores have in stock and what they are charging customers.
Buses and mashrutkas (minivans) are running on a limited schedule today between Etchmadzin and Yerevan.
According to an Armenian government press release, PM Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone today and decided it was imperative to restrict passenger flows to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Two more COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Armenia today according to Minster of Health Arsen Torosyan.
This raises the total number of cases to 26.