Armenian Ministry of Health calls on citizens to refrain from posting  fake messages on social networks on the issue of coronavirus

ArmInfo.The Ministry of Health of Armenia calls on citizens to refrain from posting fake messages on social networks.

According to the press service of the department, which came to  ArmInfo, after the announcement of three new cases of coronovaris  detection, the network began to disseminate information about the  allegedly three more cases that had been disseminated in the  republic's mass media. "Dear Facebook users, we urge the public not  to panic, and to maintain a sense of responsibility. Currently, 4  cases have been registered in Armenia, one of which was announced on  March 1, and three on March 11. Only follow the official news," the  statement reads. Ministry of Health of Armenia

A day earlier, Arminfo reported that the number of confirmed cases of  patients with coronavirus in Armenia increased by three people and  reached four. The night before, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said  that of the three new cases, two were infected - Armenian citizens  (45 and 27 years old), and one more - an Italian citizen (51 years  old) working in our country. All of them arrived in Armenia from  Italy.  Two citizens have no health complaints, but the third has  fever and right-sided pneumonia. Now, according to Pashinyan, a  circle of people with whom the sick were in contact is being  determined to isolate them.  Recall that earlier in the country only  one confirmed case of coronavirus infection was detected in a 29-  year-old citizen who arrived from Armenia from Iran on February 29.  The patient feels well.  UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called  on all countries to step up their efforts to fight against  coronavirus immediately. "I urge all governments to mobilize and  intensify their efforts right now, because this crisis affects  everyone, everyone should make a contribution," he said. According to  him, the most accurate scientific evidence indicates that if  countries detect, test, treat, isolate and track cases, their spread  can be slowed down.

Note that the total number of coronavirus infected with COVID-19 in  the world continues to increase and reached 122,926 people on  Thursday morning, March 12, according to the Hong Kong newspaper  South China Morning Post, which conducts an electronic count of the  number of infected, deceased and recovered worldwide. At the same  time, mainland China accounts for 80,793 confirmed cases of the  disease; outside its borders, the number of infected exceeded 37,000,  having increased by 4.9 thousand cases over the past day. There are 4  601 cases of death from a coronavirus-induced disease in the world,  in mainland China - 3 169. In Italy, 12 462 confirmed cases of the  disease were recorded (827 died), Iran - 9 thousand, (354), South  Korea - 7 869 (66), Spain - 2 140 (48), France - 1 784 (33), Germany  - 1 296 (two), France - 1 126 (19), in Japan (including passengers  and crew of the cruise ship Diamond Princess) - 1 281 (19), USA - 987  (31), Switzerland - 476 (three), Great Britain - 456 (eight), the  Netherlands - 382 (four), Sweden - 326 (one), Norway - 277, Belgium -  267, Austria - 206, Bahrain - 189, Singapore - 178, Malaysia - 149,  Hong Kong - 129 (three), Denmark - 113, Australia - 112 (three). Less  than 100 infections have been reported in 96 countries and areas of  the world. Coronavirus deaths were recorded in Iraq (six), San  Marino, the Philippines and Lebanon (two each), one each in  Indonesia, Ireland, Canada, Egypt, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines,  Albania, Argentina, Morocco, Panama, Bulgaria. In total, over 67  thousand people have been cured in the world. The day before, the  World Health Organization (WHO) announced the situation with the  COVID-19 pandemic.