EMA’s safety committee, PRAC, concluded its preliminary review of a signal of blood clots in people vaccinated with Vaxzevria (previously COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca)  at its extraordinary meeting of 18 March 2021. The Committee confirmed that: the benefits of the vaccine in combating the still widespread threat of COVID-19 (which itself results in clotting problems and maybe fatal) continue …

As of March 19, at 11:00, a total of 182․056 cases of COVID has been confirmed, of which 167.518 – recovered, 3.320 – fatal. 10.367 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 793.678 tests have been performed. Thus, 4.725 tests were performed yesterday, from which 891 new cases of COVID have been confirmed. Since …

The humanitarian demining staff of the Russian peacekeeping troops continues to work to clear the territory of Artsakh from explosive objects, the website of the Russian Defense Ministry reports. During the day, Russian sappers neutralized 12 artillery shells with a caliber of 152 mm in Martakert. In total, since November 23, 2020, 1.690 hectares of …

Today, on March 18, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili demonstratively took the AstraZeneca vaccine on live TV. Georgia received its first batch of coronavirus vaccines on March 13, when 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford arrived in Tbilisi. On March 15, the vaccination process has been launched across the country. After taking the AstraZeneca jab, Zurabishvili noted that …

US President Joe Biden has sent a congratulatory message to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of Nowruz, in which he stated that his administration is committed to assisting the parties of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in achieving a lasting and peaceful settlement. This was reported by the Azerbaijani media. “My administration will work with …

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, one of Africa’s most prominent coronavirus skeptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Wednesday after a more than two-week absence from public life that led to speculation about his health. She said he died from the heart disease that had plagued him for a decade. She …

As of 11:00 on March 18, a total of 181.165 cases of COVID have been confirmed, 167.186 of which have recovered and 3.301 died. 9.830 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 788.953 tests has been performed so far. Thus, 4.687 tests were performed yesterday, which confirmed 1.024 new cases of COVID. Since yesterday …

Today the meeting of the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the leader of “Prosperous Armenia” party Gagik Tsarukyan will take place. The information was provided to Factor.am by the RA Prime Minister’s spokesman Mane Gevorgyan. It should be noted that Tsarukyan and Pashinyan will discuss the issue of holding snap elections.

On 9 March 2021 the European Court of Human Rights (sitting as a Chamber of seven judges) decided to notify the Committee of Ministers, pursuant to Rule 39 § 2 of the Rules of Court, of the following interim measures indicated under Rule 39 in relation to the recent armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan: …

The search operations in Hadrut did not yield any results today, the State Service of Emergency Situations of Artsakh reports. The rescuers did not find the body of the dead servicemen, as there is still a thick layer of snow in the area. The report says that it is planned to continue the search tomorrow …