Month: July 2020

 09:13,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. There are no Armenian citizens infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in China, Armenian Ambassador to China Sergey Manasaryan said in response to ARMENPRESS question.

“Since the outbreak of the epidemic the Embassy has applied to the citizens of Armenia temporarily residing in China requesting to provide their data aimed at ensuring a constant communication with the Embassy. Armenian citizens living especially in Hubei province, the most effected one from COVID-19, were under spotlight. Nevertheless, the Embassy hasn’t yet received any calls about coronavirus cases among the Armenian citizens. The Embassy has also been in touch with the Chinese Migration Service which carries out a separate control on the foreign nationals living in the country. Thus, we can state that no Armenian citizen living in China has been infected with the coronavirus”, the Ambassador said.

As for the issue of the Armenian citizens who want to return to homeland from China and the possible organization of a charter flight, the Ambassador said at the moment the number of such citizens is 10, and given China’s geography, the number of our citizens wishing to return home, as well as the possible price of tickets in case of less loading of the aircraft, this process will be a little bit illogical.

“The flights are mainly of commercial nature. Here I want to state that the Armenian citizens temporarily residing in China are represented almost in all provinces, therefore, we need also to take into account the technical difficulty of gathering them all together”, he said.

On June 11 Beijing announced a new outbreak of the coronavirus. The authorities immediately responded to it and a total of 11 regions and 47 districts were shut down. The number of confirmed cases was 250. Next day the capital raised the security level, and in the upcoming ten days nearly 9 million people have been tested. At the moment the virus is localized, the situation is under 100% control.

Reporting by Norayr Shoghikyan, Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 10:49,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. 5 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Georgia, raising the total number of cases to 973, the authorities said, RIA Novosti reports.

846 patients have recovered.

The death toll is 15.

4,851 people are quarantined.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 10:36,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. Executive Director of the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises Karen Vardanyan has passed away, Minister of high-tech industry Hakob Arshakyan said on Facebook.

“Karen will remain in our hearts as a fighting, free and bright person. Mr. Vardanyan has left an invaluable great investment in the technology sector: UATE, Digitech Expo, Armath laboratories, Digitech business forum, WCIT and dozens of other projects and technology development strategic programs would not have been complete without his huge efforts. Rest In Peace”, the minister said.

Karen Vardanyan was serving as UATE Executive Director since 2007.

ARMENPRESS editorial staff expresses its condolences to Karen Vardanyan’s relatives and friends.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 10:50,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian held a telephone conversation with President of the Supreme Judicial Council Ruben Vardazaryan, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

President Sarkissian offered his congratulations and wishes to the judicial system and judges, the staff of the Court of Cassation, stating that the fair judiciary, which enjoys the people’s trust, is the pillar for the development and stability of each country.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 11:09,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. 557 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 30,903, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

709 more patients have recovered. The total number of recoveries has reached 18,709.

11 people have died in one day, raising the death toll to 546.

The number of active cases stands at 11,471.

The number of people who had a coronavirus but died from other disease has reached 177 (7 new such cases).

So far, 129,166 people have passed COVID-19 testing.

Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 12:10,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s national football team will hold a friendly match with the national team of Kuwait in November in Yerevan, the Football Federation of Armenia reported.

Earlier the FFA reported that the football federations of Armenia and Albania reached an agreement on holding a friendly match between the national teams which will take place again in Yerevan on October 7.

Reporting by Varvara Hayrapetyan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 13:40,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. 124 citizens of Armenia are returning to homeland from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, Armenia’s Consulate General to Rostov-on-Don said on Facebook.

From March 15 to June 30 nearly 8000 Armenian citizens, who were unable to return to homeland due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, have been transported to Armenia with the efforts of the Commandant’s Office and the ministry of foreign affairs.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 14:20,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. The ministry of foreign affairs of the Netherlands made a decision to provide 200,000 Euros to Armenia to purchase much-needed equipment for fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Armenian foreign ministry said.

According to the July 9 agreement signed between the Dutch foreign ministry and the Armenian ministry of healthcare, the money provided within the framework of the assistance will be spent for purchasing three PCR testing devices, 100 hospital monitors and 1 biological safety camera.

The Armenian ministry of healthcare has already ordered the afore-mentioned equipment which will be delivered to Armenia in the nearest future.

557 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 30,903, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

709 more patients have recovered. The total number of recoveries has reached 18,709.

11 people have died in one day, raising the death toll to 546.

The number of active cases stands at 11,471.

The number of people who had a coronavirus but died from other disease has reached 177 (7 new such cases).

So far, 129,166 people have passed COVID-19 testing.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 15:52,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian arrived in the Republic of Artsakh on a working visit on July 10, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress.

President Sarkissian met with President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan in Stepanakert.

President Sarkissian once again congratulated and wished success to Arayik Harutyunyan, expressing confidence that he will successfully continue serving the homeland with his experience and knowledge. “I also want to congratulate the entire people of Artsakh because the presidential and parliamentary elections were held in a democratic way”, Armen Sarkissian said. “Please convey my congratulations also to the other participants of the presidential election, who didn’t win personally, but won together, showing to the world that Artsakh is not only a firm, strong, but also is a democratic country, as well as a free country where free elections are being held. They should be proud of as they had their contribution to this process. I want to first of all wish you and all citizens of Artsakh good health. I am confident that we will overcome this difficult situation and will move on, strengthening both Armenia and Artsakh”.

In his turn the President of Artsakh thanked for these words and stated that most of the candidates who participated in the presidential election are part of the current political leadership, adding that he is ready to ensure the country’s progress and development, and those, who are not involved, also continue their activity for the sake of Artsakh. Arayik Harutyunyan thanked Armenia’s authorities for assisting the practical programs aimed at the development of Artsakh. “I want to note that together we will manage not only to overcome the current situation, but also ensure progress in the development of our homeland”, he said.

The meeting also touched upon a number of ongoing and prospective programs directed for the strengthening and development of Artsakh.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 15:28,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s deputy prime minister Tigran Avinyan and Executive Director of the Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) Geof Giacomini have signed remotely a new grant agreement aimed at assisting Armenia during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the deputy PM’s Office told Armenpress.

According to the agreement, in addition to the assistance provided to Armenia’s protected areas, the Fund will provide a budgetary support worth half a million Euros to the Armenian government. The grant will be mainly directed for the funding of the Dilijan national park, Lake Arpi national park, Khosrov Forest State Reserve and Zangezur biosphere complex SNCOs.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan