As of March 6, at 11:00, a total of 174.257 cases of COVID have been confirmed, of which 164.654 have recovered and 3.219 died. 5.560 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 747.879 tests have been performed ever since. Thus, 3.016 tests were performed yesterday, out of which 508 people tested positive. Since yesterday …

The human rights organization Freedom House has recently published a separate report on the development of democracy and freedoms in Armenia in 2021 under this year’s report on global freedoms, VOA reports. Compared to Freedom House’s 2020 report, Armenia has improved by two points in this year’s report, from 55 last year to 55. The …

The Criminal Court of Appeal released the former Chief of Staff of the RA National assembly Ara Saghatelyan. According to lawyer Mihran Poghosyan, the judge released Saghatelyan from custody based on the lack of reasonable suspicion. It should be reminded that he was arrested within the framework of the case of fake Facebook user “Gagik …

Countries will overcome the COVID pandemic in early 2022, but this does not mean that the coronavirus will disappear. This was stated in an interview with the German newspaper Welt by Hans Klugen, World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for Europe. According to him, 2021 will become “one more year of COVID”. “In my work, …

After comprehensive discussions and negotiations, Public Television announces that Armenia will not participate in the “Eurovision” international song contest this year. “The events happened, the lack of time and other objective circumstances are incompatible with the proper representation of Armenia in the song contest”, Public TV of Armenia announced.

On March 4, 48 tests were performed, as a result of which 4 cases of  COVID were confirmed in Artsakh. 5 infected people are currently receiving inpatient treatment, and those with light symptoms are receiving outpatient treatment at home. In 2021, 3.403 citizens have been examined in Artsakh for COVID. 511 of them tested positive. …

As of 11:00 on March 5, a total of 173.749 cases of COVID have been confirmed, of which 164.463 were cured and 3.215 were fatal. 5.249 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 744.863 have been performed ever since. Thus, 2.825 tests were performed yesterday, from which 442 new cases of COVID were confirmed. …

In France, people over the age of 65 who have other diseases can get the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID, VOA reports. When the vaccine was approved by the European Union, France allowed it to be used only for people under 65, as earlier trials had shown that it did not work well for people over …

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has launched a joint examination of the registration file for the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V”, RIA Novosti reports quoting Russian Direct Investment Fund. The agency will test the vaccine for compliance with EU safety and quality standards. “The Russian Direct Investment Fund announces the launch of a joint examination by …

On April 3, 34 tests were performed in Artsakh, as a result of which 4 cases of COVID were confirmed. Infected people have been in contact with previously established outbreaks. Currently, 18 infected people are receiving inpatient treatment, and those with light forms are receiving outpatient treatment at home. This year in Artsakh 4.776 cases …