ArmInfo.Due to the coronavirus, control over Iranian citizens arriving in Armenia has been strengthened.
<We monitor the outbreaks and prevalence of the new coronavirus worldwide, including in our neighboring Iran. As additional anti-epidemic measures, control over passengers passing through the Meghri checkpoint, as well as arriving from Iran to Armenia by plane, has been strengthened. In all doubtful cases, control is also exercised throughout Armenia>, RA Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan wrote on his Facebook page.
To recall, yesterday it became known about two fatal cases from a coronavirus in Iran.
Earlier, WHO recognized the outbreak of the new type of coronavirus COVID-19 as an emergency of international importance. The number of people infected in China exceeds 74 thousand people, over 2.1 thousand people died. Outside of China, over 900 cases of COVID-19 infection were detected.