News.am, Armenia
21:57, 23.05.2020
Author: Edgar Tavakalian
Armenian human rights activist: Defective practice of beating being revived in Armenia
News.am, Armenia
20:05, 24.05.2020
Human rights activist Ruben Melikyan posted the following on his Facebook page:
“In relation to the prima facie torture of the person being kept at the police station in Kajaran, a criminal case should be immediately instituted as an absolutely necessary (but not satisfactory) response of the State, and there shouldn’t just be an official investigation or preparation of a report.
Years ago, the longstanding efforts of the active citizens of Armenia helped fundamentally do away with the defective practice of beating by police officers, and now, that defective practice is being revived in front of our eyes, and the ruling political party is fully responsible for this. We’re not going to allow this.”
PM Pashinyan to attend swearing-in ceremony of newly elected President of Artsakh
15:10,
YEREVAN, MAY 19, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will attend the inauguration ceremony of newly elected President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan, the PM’s Office said in response to ARMENPRESS inquiry.
The Parliament of Artsakh will hold a special session dedicated to Arayik Harutyunyan’s swearing-in ceremony on May 21, at 18:00. The ceremony will be broadcast live.
Arayik Harutyunyan, chairman of the Free Fatherland party, has been elected President of Artsakh based on the results of the voting in the second round of the presidential election on April 15. The first round took place on March 31.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
Chairman of Supreme Certifying Committee resigns
15:26, 14 May, 2020
YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. Chairman of the Supreme Certifying Committee of Armenia Smbat Gogyan has submitted a resignation letter, he told Armenpress.
“There were contradictions to the values”, Smbat Gogyan said, presenting the reason of his resignation.
He said he will continue his activity in the field of education and science.
Smbat Gogyan was appointed Chairman of the Supreme Certifying Committee on June 12, 2018.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
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Nikol Pashinyan: Armenia may expect from strategic partner Russia not to discuss raise of gas price now
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Gazprom Armenia has submitted petition to the Public Services Regulatory Commission which will discuss it.
“We continue political consultations over the gas issue,” Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today, asked about gas issue.
“Unfortunately, as of the moment I cannot say any concrete thing, but we must register that in condition of collapse of the markets of energy bearers and in conditions of the decline of oil price we may expect from our strategic partner Russia not to discuss the raise of gas price now, taking into consideration the situation with coronavirus and the issues it caused,” he said.
Armenian health minister on comparison of Georgia’s and Armenia’s coronavirus cases
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Armenian health minister on comparison of Georgia’s and Armenia’s coronavirus cases Armenian health minister on comparison of Georgia’s and Armenia’s coronavirus cases
21:43, 15.05.2020
163 new cases of coronavirus detected in Armenia
Arminfo, Armenia
May 6 2020
ArmInfo. According to the data at 11:00am on May 6, 163 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Armenia. This was reported by the Unified Information Center. According to the source, another 24 patients recovered.
In total, 2782 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the republic, 1135 people recovered, 40 died. It is noted that yesterday another death was recorded when the patient had coronavirus infection, but death was due to another disease. Thus, the total number of such cases reached 7. Currently, 1600 patients are receiving actual treatment. In total, 26929 tests for coronavirus were carried out in Armenia.
12 Armenian ambulance medics contract coronavirus
JAM News
May 8 2020
12 Armenian ambulance medics have been infected with coronavirus. This was announced on May 7 by Taguhi Stepanyan, director of the Yerevan ambulance service.
Earlier, Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan said that there are 320 infected medical workers in the country, meaning that these cases make up about 13%.
Armenia declared a state of emergency, in effect from March 16 to May 14, to combat the spread of coronavirus. However, on May 4, restrictions were lifted on the service sector, commerce, and most industrial enterprises, as well as street cafes and restaurants.
As of May 7, there are 2884 reported cases of infection in Armenia. 1185 patients have been cured, and 42 people could not be saved.
Details about the infected medics
The director of the Yerevan ambulance service said that the infected employees have no clinical symptoms and are being isolated.
Some ambulance medics refused to work with coronavirus patients. These workers were usually over the age of 55 and decided to take a vacation from work.
Taguhi Stepanyan says that the number of times the ambulance was called during the state of emergency was no higher than usual. In March and April, the service received about 650 calls per day, whereas in January and February, the number was close to 950. For comparison, last year during this period there were 850 calls per day. The director of the service associates this small difference with seasonal respiratory diseases that are not related to coronavirus.
She also reported that from March to May 6, the ambulance service transported 2,333 suspected coronavirus patients to the hospital. These were patients with problems typical of acute respiratory infections and pneumonia.
Taguhi Stepanyan also says that in April, doctors, nurses and emergency medical aid drivers were given bonuses. By order of the Mayor of Yerevan, doctors received 95,000 drams (about $200), and nurses and ambulance drivers received 70,000 drams (about $150).
Armenpress: 112 coronavirus cases recorded in Armenia in past 24 hours
112 coronavirus cases recorded in Armenia in past 24 hours
11:17, 5 May, 2020
YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. 112 new coronavirus cases, 40 recoveries and 1 fatality were recorded in Armenia in the past 24 hours, the National Center for Disease Control said.
1462 are active cases.
The total cumulative number of infections has reached 2619, with 1111 recoveries so far.
The number of total fatalities stands at 40.
Reporting by Lilit Demuryan; Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan