ArmInfo. The number of people infected with coronavirus has reached 122 in Armenia. Minister of Healthcare of Armenia Arsen Torosyan said this in an interview with reporters after a government meeting.
According to him, another 7 new cases of infection with coronavirus were identified and in total terms, the total number reached 122 people, and one has already been cured. According to him, new infections are associated with a manufacturing enterprise, and all of them were under the supervision of specialists. At the same time, the minister expects an increase in the number of cases among production workers who have contacted an Italian instructor carrying the virus.
As the RA Prime Minister earlier informed, 75% of cases of infection concern Etchmiadzin and the production enterprise.
"75% were infected in two places: at an engagement in Echmidzin and a manufacturing enterprise. The Commandant's Office decided to remove the checkpoint on the road to Echmiadzin from 8 p.m. since we managed to stop the situation around Echmiadzin in the last two days, now the issue is to stabilize the situation with the production enterprise ", Pashinyan said.
Speaking about the effectiveness of the fight, the Prime Minister noted that - to identify, diagnose and isolate - was effective in the case of the first patient, as well as in the case of Etchmiadzin. "We hope that in the case of the enterprise, the situation will also stabilize, there are no new threads at the moment, but the epidemic contains unpredictability risks, and if we see that this method is meaningless, there are 2, 3 options for how to fight," the Prime Minister said.