Torosyan. The peak of number of cases of coronavirus can be at any  time

ArmInfo. The peak of number of cases of coronavirus is impossible to forecast; it can be at any moment. RA Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan stated this at a  press conference on April 2.

Meanwhile, the minister noted that the objective of the preventive  measures being taken is to bring the peak of COVID-19 as soon as  possible, since after it the infection rate will be recorded daily.  Speaking about the fact that in one day 92 patients with coronavirus  were detected in Armenia, Torosyan emphasized that this is not  evidence of a sharp increase of number of cases of infection, given  that most of these patients are already quarantined citizens.  According to him, among the patients there are also a small number of  children and pregnant women, and about 80% of the total number of  patients with COVID-19 have mild symptoms.

The Minister informed that at present a number of foci of the spread  of the virus have been identified, some of which are directly related  to the very first foci of COVID-19. In addition, import cases were  also recorded among truck drivers and citizens who returned from  abroad to their homeland. In this case, patients are mainly detected  at the checkpoint, after which they are immediately isolated.

Torosyan admitted that, theoretically, the moment may come when the  healthcare system will no longer be able to follow in the footsteps  of each particular case. This can happen for objective reasons, as  the virus spreads and is asymptomatic too. "However, we are far from  this moment," he said. If such a scenario of events nevertheless  becomes a reality, then inpatient treatment will be provided only to  moderate patients, and lighter cases will be treated at home, as is  now happening in many countries of the world. "Our task is to prevent  or postpone the onset of this situation," said Torosyan.