ArmInfo. The Ministry of Health of Armenia urges citizens to refrain from visiting Italy in connection with the conavirus.
<Considering the measures announced by the Italian authorities to prevent the spread of the new type of coronavirus COVID-19, we urge RA citizens to refrain from visiting Italy, and RA citizens currently in Italy to immediately interrupt the trip and return to Armenia. We urge RA citizens to maintain constant contact with the Armenian Embassy in Italy>, the ministry spokeswoman Alina Nikoghosyan wrote on her Facebook page.
According to the Air Force, emergency measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Italy now operate throughout the country. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ordered the expansion of quarantine measures, including the restriction of public gatherings and sporting events, as well as the closure of schools throughout the country. Previously, quarantine was valid only in the northern regions. In Italy, where on Sunday the authorities quarantined the northern regions of the country, so far the largest number of cases after China has been registered: 9172 people, and the number of deaths has increased from Sunday from 366 to 463. Italy outstripped South Korea in terms of the number of infected people, where the total the number of cases is 7478. The Italian Ministry of Health distributed the output data on coronavirus mortality last weekend, where the average age of deaths is 81.4 years.