ArmInfo. The Ministry of Healthcare of Armenia continues to closely monitor the development of the situation in connection with the epidemic of coronavirus (COVID- 2019). So, according to the message of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Armenia received in ArmInfo, the difficult epidemiological situation in China related to the spread of the coronavirus COVID- 2019 is going to stabilize.
The department, citing the Chinese State Health Committee, informed that according to the situation as of February 25, 1:00 pm in the PRC, 77,782 people had already contracted the coronavirus, 2,666 were fatal, 27554 recovered, and 9126 was serious. Meanwhile, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of February 24, 79 331 people were already infected with coronavirus, 2595 with a fatal outcome. Outside of China, in 29 countries, 2069 confirmed cases of COVID-2019, 23 fatal cases were recorded.
"Coronavirus prevention work is ongoing both in the whole world and in Armenia. Work is being carried out both at state checkpoints and laboratory tests are being carried out. All persons arriving from China are under surveillance. As of 1:00 pm on February 25, there were no positive results of the tests, "the Armenian Ministry of Healthcare noted.
The ministry also informed that they are monitoring the situation in neighboring Iran, where according to the situation at 1:00 pm on February 25, 61 cases of infection were recorded, and 15 deaths from coronavirus have already been recorded.