ArmInfo. From January 22, restrictions will come into force for citizens unvaccinated from coronavirus. This is stated in the official message of the Ministry of Health published on Facebook.
In particular, in the statement of the department it is noted that when visiting catering facilities, hotels, museums, theaters, cinema and other cultural events, unvaccinated citizens must provide a negative PCR test for coronavirus at the entrance (no later than 72 hours), or the result of a rapid antigen test (done within 24 hours), or the QR code of the vaccination certificate.
These requirements will not apply to persons under the age of 18, pregnant women, citizens with contraindications, or those who have had coronavirus in the last 90 days.
As of January 9, a total of 1,694,518 people received the coronavirus vaccine in Armenia, of which 952,813 citizens were vaccinated with the first component, and, accordingly, 740 489with the second component. The number of citizens who received revaccination reached 1 216. Anti-COVID preparations of Russian production (Sputnik V), British-Swedish (AstraZeneca) and Chinese (Coronavac and Sinopharm) and vproduced by the American Moderna company are available in Armenia without any restrictions. In addition, on December 23, at a regular meeting, the Armenian government allocated 1.2 billion drams (about $ 2.4 million) to the Ministry of Health for the purchase of 200,000 doses of Pfizer's anti-COVID vaccine.