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Armenia coronavirus cases reach 1,339

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 11:16,

YEREVAN, APRIL 20, ARMENPRESS. 48 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Armenia, bringing the total number of infected people to 1,339, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

2 more people have died, rising the death toll to 22.

The number of people who recovered from the virus has increased by 35, and the total number of recoveries has reached 580.

At the moment the active cases are 737.

The healthcare ministry informs that the two patients who died were aged 62 and 90 and had accompanying chronic diseases.

So far, 13,373 people passed coronavirus testing in Armenia.

Reported by Lilit Demuryan

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




Armenia coronavirus cases reach 1111

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 11:11,

YEREVAN, APRIL 15, ARMENPRESS. 44 people tested positive for the coronavirus in Armenia, bringing the total cumulative number of infections to 1111, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said.

The coronavirus fatality cases reached 17 with one patient dying from complications in the past day.

The active cases are 797.

A total of 297 people have recovered.

Reporting, writing by Lilit Demuryan

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan




Third President Serzh Sargsyan testifies before parliamentary panel

Ara Felekian
Public Radio of Armenia


Armenia’s third President Serzh Sargsyan has been invited to the National Assembly to testify before the ad hoc committee examining the circumstances of the April War.

 “In no case should the issue of the April war divide our people, weaken our unity and endanger our defense capacities,” Sargsyan said in a statement released by his office before the hearing.

“Four years ago, we were attacked by the enemy. During the four-day large-scale hostilities, Azerbaijan used almost all the weapons in its arsenal, but the Defense Army and thousands of volunteers  heroically defended their territories and thwarted the enemy’s intentions,” he added.

Serzh Sargsyan said he was ready to look members of the committee in the eyes and tell everything he knows and thinks and everything he knows.

Earlier the committee said it would satisfy Serzh Sargsyan’s request for a copy of the videotaped testimonies.


No food shortages expected, says PM

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 12:05,

YEREVAN, APRIL 16, ARMENPRESS. Armenia has a “reliable” situation in the food market, with no shortages expected amid the coronavirus pandemic, PM Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.

He said that after some fluctuations prices are returning to normal.

“Except for a few types of products, we don’t have and won’t have shortages of products,” the PM said.

He said that the through close cooperation with Georgia and Russia the uninterrupted exports from Armenia were secured, and there were no problems with imports. He thanked Georgian and Russian colleagues for rapidly responding to Armenia’s issues.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan




6 servicemen recover from COVID-19 and return to active duty –Armenia chief military medical officer

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 16:21,

YEREVAN, APRIL 13, ARMENPRESS. Six servicemen of the Armenian military have recovered from COVID-19 and have returned to active duty, Head of the Armed Forces Military-Medical Department Sahak Ohanyan said at a news conference.

Ohanyan refused to disclose how many servicemen have COVID-19, but he noted that the number is “very small”.

As of the latest data, Armenia has 814 active cases of COVID-19.

211 people have recovered, and 14 have died.

Reporting by Norayr Shoghikyan

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan




Ministry of Healthcare: The number of coronavirus infected in Armenia may reach 3600 by April 29

Ara Felekian
Arminfo, Armenia
April 9 2020

ArmInfo. If the rates of coronavirus infection continue, then by April 19, 1800 cases will be registered in Armenia, and by April 29 – 3600. The Minister of Health  of Armenia Arsen Torosyan wrote about this on his Facebook page. As  positive news, he noted that the rate of infection over the past 5  days is much lower than what was recorded in total in the context of  the last 10 days.

“These small achievements can easily evaporate if we” weaken “and  return to our daily life without observing the rules that prevent the  spread of the disease,” he said.

To recall, according to the data as of 11:00 am on April 9, 28 new  cases of infection with a new type of coronavirus were detected in  Armenia. Thus, in total, 921 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in  the republic, 138 people recovered, 10 died. Currently, 773 patients  are receiving actual treatment.

Self-isolation regime set for Artsakh’s Mirik village following 1st coronavirus case

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Self-isolation regime set for Artsakh’s Mirik village following 1st coronavirus case

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 18:51, 7 April, 2020

YEREVAN, APRIL 7, ARMENPRESS.  Self-isolation regime has been set for the resident of Mirik village of Artsakh following the 1st case of coronavirus infection was reported there, ARMENPRESS reports State Minister of Artsakh Grigory Martirosyan said in a press conference on April 7.

‘’Given the fact that just 40 families live in the village, we have decided to set a regime of self-isolation for the village to prevent the spread of the virus’’, he said.

The 1st coronavirus case was recorded in Artsakh on April 7. The resident of Mirik village returned to Artsakh from Armenia. His contacts, a total of 17 people, have been isolated.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan

US looking at other activities that can contribute to Karabakh resolution, ambassador says

Ara Felekian
News.am, Armenia
March 31 2020

18:48, 31.03.2020
                  

YEREVAN. – The U.S. has been very proud of the work we were doing in Karabakh for the last 20 years, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy said during a video conference on Facebook.

Her comment came in response to questions regarding U.S. decision to halt demining assistance.

“The U.S. has been providing demining assistance and partnering with HALO organization where we made an investment of 17 million to keep people in this area safe,” she said.  “We see this program as having been very successful. What we do now is looking at other activities that we believe can contribute to conflict resolution and help bring lasting peaceful and just resolution to this very long-running conflict. We will continue our work and support for negotiations as the Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is a very important facilitation effort that we hope will be successful.”

“The U.S. has been providing demining assistance and partnering with HALO organization…

YEREVAN. – The U.S. has been very proud of the work we were doing in Karabakh for the last 20 years, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy said during a video conference on Facebook.

Her comment came in response to questions regarding U.S. decision to halt demining assistance.

“The U.S. has been providing demining assistance and partnering with HALO organization where we made an investment of 17 million to keep people in this area safe,” she said.  “We see this program as having been very successful. What we do now is looking at other activities that we believe can contribute to conflict resolution and help bring lasting peaceful and just resolution to this very long-running conflict. We will continue our work and support for negotiations as the Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is a very important facilitation effort that we hope will be successful.”

CIVILNET.Goodbye, Patrick: Obituary

Ara Felekian
CIVILNET.AM

1 April, 2020 18:13 

French-Armenian politician Patrick Devedjian, who was a minister under France Presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, died from coronavirus on March 29. He was 75 years old. This prominent politician was also an advocate for the Armenian community in France. 

Ara Toranian, Co-Chair of the Coordination Council of Armenian organisations of France (CCAF) and Director of the monthly magazine Nouvelle d’Arménie, paid tribute to Patrick Devedjian in an editorial entitled “Goodbye Patrick” (“Adieu Patrick”).

Goodbye, Patrick

The news just broke. Abrupt. Patrick Devedjian, “affected by the epidemic,” as he stated in a tweet last Wednesday, died on 28 March at night in a hospital in Haut-de-Seine, where he was serving as chairman of the department for many years.

With his passing, France has lost one of its greatest politicians. And the Armenian world has lost one of its greatest figures that remained, after the death of Charles Aznavour one and a half years ago. The loss is immense. At a level of the emotion that is overwhelming for the community. Because this lawyer by profession was one of the greatest advocates for his cause, since 1975 when he volunteered to plead in favour of the first imprisoned combatants of the cause: the members of the Van Operation, Max Kilndjian, Alexander Yenikomshian, Mardiros Jamgotchian, Monte Melkonian. Concurrently being the advisor of French President Jacques Chirac and of the Rally for the Republic Party (RPR)! Thus, he became the advisor of the established power, of the established national and international order. But when it came to the genocide – that influenced him deeply as he said in an interview to Marianne Magazine – Patrick Devedjian only listened to his Armenian heart, that pushed him to be at the frontline of each battle. Always voluntary. Always all for it. And with such talent! Such intelligence! Such decency!

The walls of the National Assembly still resonate with his speech on May 29, 1998, when the recognition of the Armenian genocide was passed unanimously, in a session that ended with a long applause. Or, when he took the floor, for a fight that he felt would be extremely difficult, for the criminalisation of genocide denialism.

We will no longer be able to write about his endeavours which led him to get the medal of courage awarded by the Coordination Council of Armenian organisations of France  (CCAF), four years ago. Nor will we continue to see his incredible political career, which allowed him, in times where it was not easy to make such a name for himself, to be elected Mayor of Antony, deputy, minister and president of the wealthiest department of France. We will remember with emotion that his last public appearance at an Armenian event was at the annual dinner of this institution, where he was sitting next to the President of the French Republic on January 29, 2020. And that very lastly, he committed himself, once again, to the defence of the Mekhitarian College in Sèvres, where he was a student. 

We should point out that Patrick Devedjian played a decisive role in the institutionalization of Armenian bodies in the Republic, in which he was one the most respected figures, by both the right and left wings of politics. 

There is so much to say. We will go back very quickly to the exceptional itinerary of this servant of the Republic, who has done everything to allow France, which he cherished more than anything, to adopt the stance of recoginsing  the first genocide of the 20th century, which has now become a universal cause.

How could a virus end this force of nature, whose youthful appearance that defied time overshadowed that he was on the “at risk” age group. This loss is unacceptable. Nonetheless, it resembles the fate of Patrick Devedjian, who wrestled throughout his public life to raise awareness. In a final act, he reminds us how deadly the coronavirus is. But no Covid will ever erase the memory of this exceptional personality and the admiration he deserves.

Find the original text in French here.

Translated by Ani Paitjan

Edited by Emilio Leo Cricchio 
 

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China’s Hainan Province 10K face masks to Armenia’s Shirak

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 11:24, 3 April, 2020

GYUMRI, APRIL 3, ARMENPRESS. China’s Hainan Province has sent 10,000 protective masks to Armenia’s Shirak Province.

The Shirak Province’s government said that the donation will arrive in a few days and will be supplied to local hospitals.

The initiative has been implemented by the Regional Development Foundation of Chinese-Armenian Relations as part of the Memorandum Of Cooperation and Understanding between Shirak and Hainan.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan