ArmInfo.The parliament of Armenia at an urgent extraordinary meeting convened on March 31 at 5.00pm, in the second and final reading, adopted the amendments to the law "On Medical Care and Public Services" proposed by the government of the country, implying a ban on the pathological and anatomical opening of the bodies of coronavirus deceased. It is curious that the meeting was held without the participation of opposition factions.
According to Anahit Avanesyan, Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia, to date, the services that provide these services do not have the appropriate conditions for the conducting autopsy on coronavirus deceased and do not comply with international standards introduced in respect of COVID-19. In particular, this refers to the absence of a separate entrance and exit, a separate refrigerating chamber and a separate room.
Given the fact that the degree of infectiousness of a new type of coronavirus has not been fully studied, the autopsy of the bodies of the dead from COVID-19 can lead to irreversible consequences. The deputy minister explained that in the case of coronavirus, it is planned that an autopsy will not be carried out taking into account the availability of relevant medical documents confirming this diagnosis.