The Minister of Health of Armenia announced changes in the <  quarantine order>

ArmInfo. Next week, changes will be made to the government's decision on quarantine. This was announced by the Minister of Health of Armenia Anahit Avanesyan.

 In particular, she explained that according to the changes, vaccinated  citizens of the Republic of Armenia will no longer need to take a PCR  test when entering or leaving the country. "Vaccination is an  important step and a way to free yourself from restrictions and  return to normal living conditions," she stressed.  In this regard,  the Minister recalled the introduction of an electronic system, under  which vaccinated citizens will be provided with appropriate  certificates. As a result, according to Avanesyan, it will be  possible to forget about the isolation regime and freely enter and  leave the country.

At the request of journalists, the head of the health department also  touched on the statement of the head of government on vaccination,  noting that the prime minister did not say anything about coercion.  "There was a call to start with a personal example," she said.

Armenia has previously imported 24 thousand doses of the  British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine and 15 thousand doses of the  Russian Sputnik V. The day before, another batch of the Russian  vaccine was received for another 14 thousand people. In addition,  Armenia has already received 100 thousand doses of the Chinese  vaccine, which is provided for 50 thousand people. The drug was  provided to Armenia free of charge, the Armenian side only organized  the transportation. There is also a preliminary agreement on the  purchase of the Novavax vaccine (USA), but the terms and cost of the  drug are not specified.

As previously stated by the head of the Health Department of Armenia  Anahit Avanesyan, it is planned to vaccinate 20% of the population in  Armenia by the end of 2021. As of today, 2,690 citizens have been  vaccinated in Armenia.

It should be noted that as of 11: 00 on April 29, the total number of  patients with coronavirus in Armenia was 215,528 (22%), the number of  recovered patients reached 197,171 (91.5%), and deaths - 4,087  (1.8%).  Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 979,060 coronavirus  tests have been conducted in the republic.