Arsen Torosyan: Perhaps we will refuse to hospitalize patients with  mild symptoms of coronavirus

ArmInfo.The Ministry of Health of Armenia is preparing for a new scenario in connection with the development of coronavirus infection in the country. The Minister of Health of Armenia Arsen Torosyan stated this in an interview with  Radio Azatutyun (RFE/RL's Armenian Service- Ed. note).  

He noted that perhaps Armenia will follow the example of other countries and stop  hospitalizing patients with an asymptomatic course of the disease, or  with mild symptoms. <Of course, such a method contains risks, since  the likelihood of infection of the relatives of this patient  increases. However, this is the most acceptable option. It's  impossible to keep everyone in the hospital. From now on, we will  only hospitalize patients with moderate severity and severe state>,   Torosyan said.  According to the Minister of Healthcare, the rate of  spread of coronavirus is increasing in absolute numbers, but in  percentage terms it does not change.   <Unfortunately, we have increased foci of the disease. That is, in  mid-March, when the virus began to spread, we had two foci of the  disease. However, then their number increased to three. The virus  began to spread more and more, and the number of outbreaks got out of  control. At the moment, we have 10, sometimes 20 foci in no way  connected with each other, and we cannot find the threads that  connect them to the first foci. This is natural, since the number of  patients who do not have symptoms of the virus is significant,  perhaps the virus spreads from a person who does not know that he is  infected>, said Torosyan. According to the Minister of Health, cases  of infection also occur in medical centers.

<We are making great efforts to prevent the spread of the virus in  medical centers and to protect other patients. Unfortunately, the  increase in the number of cases is due to the fact that interregional  and intercity roads and some business entities have opened. It should  be noted that as of April 27, 1808 cases of coronavirus infection  were recorded in Armenia. Of these, 848 people recovered, 29 patients  died.