Saturday, March 14 2020 15:21

ArmInfo.Armenia will be the focus of the World Health Organization (WHO). This was stated in a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Armenia  Armen Sargsyan by the Director General of WHO Tedros Adan Gebreisus.

He noted that the WHO statement on the pandemic indicates the  complexity of the situation, in which there is an urgent need to  combine international and national efforts, to coordinate activities  on the part of states, in particular in terms of border control,  population movement and mutual assistance, which is especially  important for Armenia.

In his turn, President Sargsyan expressed gratitude to WHO for the  technical and professional assistance rendered to Armenia. He said  that an interdepartmental commission was created in Armenia in order  to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and for the program of action,  the active involvement of WHO specialists and the direction of  national strategies proposed by WHO to states will be extremely  necessary and valuable.

The President of the Republic emphasized the importance of increasing  the effectiveness of measures to control the spread of the new virus  throughout the world.

The interlocutors agreed that this requires from the authorities and  the population an awareness of the seriousness of the problem,  self-organization, high responsibility and discipline.

The President of Armenia and the Director-General of WHO agreed to  periodically exchange information regarding the situation.  Recall  that in Armenia 15 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed. In this  regard, for a week, until March 23, classes in preschool and  educational institutions of the country were suspended.