ArmInfo. On the eve of Armenia received laboratory tests to diagnose a new coronavirus. As the head of the RA Ministry of Health Arsen Torosyan said on his Facebook page, these tests are extremely important for the prevention and treatment of this disease.
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For her part, the press secretary of the ministry Alina Nikoghosyan informed that the tests were handed over free of charge from the Rospotrebnadzor in the framework of cooperation between Armenia and Russia.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a new type of coronavirus infected 14,557 people, of which 14,411 in China. In addition, 146 confirmed cases of the virus were detected in 20 countries of the world. 361 people died due to illness. Earlier, the first death was recorded outside of China - in the Philippines, a man who came from Wuhan, China, died. Due to the coronavirus, Armenia temporarily canceled the free entry of Chinese citizens into its territory until March 31 of this year.