ArmInfo. Henceforth, the British-Swedish vaccine AstraZeneca will be available for foreigners and stateless persons in Armenia. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Health of Armenia, published on the Facebook social network.
"Foreign citizens can receive COVID-19 vaccines in Armenia only if: According to the order of acting Minister of Health, only those foreign citizens, who will stay in Armenia over 10 days, can get vaccinated for COVID-19. Foreign citizens will be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine at mobile clinics in Gyumri, Vanadzor, Kapan cities and in capital Yerevan. Mobile clinics In Yerevan: -Northern Avenue -"RossiaMall" shopping center -"MEGAMALL ARMENIA" shopping center -"Dalma Garden Mall" shopping center -Cascade Complex
It should be noted that today during a briefing on the question of journalists about where Armenia has extra funds in the budget for free vaccination of foreign citizens, acting Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan noted that this process is of a humanitarian nature, and is also associated with an increase in the country's rating, with the state policy of attracting tourists, who, in addition to receiving antioxidant vaccine, get acquainted with Armenia, spend their money here, etc. Let us remind you that according to the regulation on July 11 of this year, in Armenia, 108 107 citizens were vaccinated, of whom 77 449 received the first component, and 30 658 received the second. To note,, according to the Ministry of Health, 163 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Armenia in the last 24 hours, 126 people recovered, 4 died. In total, the disease was confirmed in 226 949 citizens, which is 18.1% of the number of citizens who passed the test, while 218,022 people recovered (96%), deaths - 4,556 (2%). Thus, 3,261 patients receive actual treatment in Armenia.