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06 April 2020 • 13:49 AMT
Armenia: Six police officers confirmed with coronavirus

Deputy police chief Hayk Mhryan revealed that 16 law enforcement officers have been isolated so far.

06 April 2020 • 13:35 AMT
Health Minister: 17% of Armenia coronavirus cases have pneumonia

Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said more than 400 people are currently quarantined in the country.

06 April 2020 • 12:55 AMT
Suspicious Facebook accounts spread Covid-19 disinfo in Armenian: DFRLab

Amid tensions with Azerbaijan, accounts spread false claim about an Armenian military unit and coronavirus.

06 April 2020 • 12:08 AMT
104-year-old Italian woman defeats coronavirus

Ada fell ill at her nursing home in northern Italy on March 17. The virus has killed 20 fellow residents.

06 April 2020 • 11:59 AMT
Armenia cautiously reports signs of success in fighting Covid-19

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country climbed by only 11 to reach 833 on April 6.

06 April 2020 • 11:10 AMT
Georgia coronavirus cases climb to 188

Two elderly women with underlying health issues have died so far, while 36 patients have recovered.

06 April 2020 • 09:47 AMT
New York zoo tiger tests positive for coronavirus

Nadia the tiger is believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who wasn’t yet showing symptoms.

06 April 2020 • 08:46 AMT
YouTube to remove videos falsely linking COVID-19 to 5G

The Google-owned service said it will remove videos that try to make the unsupported connection.

06 April 2020 • 07:56 AMT
Artsakh resident isolated after returning from Armenia

According to Stepan Sargsyan, no confirmed cases of Covid-19 have so far been recorded in Artsakh.

06 April 2020 • 06:58 AMT
Pashinyan: Armenia coronavirus cases grow by 11 overnight

Pashinyan said one more person has died from Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to eight.

06 April 2020 • 06:33 AMT
Boris Johnson admitted to hospital with Covid-19

Johnson was taken to a hospital after days of persistent symptoms, during which time he has been self-isolating.

06 April 2020 • 06:26 AMT
Karabakh soldier wounded in Azerbaijan’s shooting

The soldier, identified as Arayik Shakhpazyan, was taken to hospital, he is in a satisfactory condition.

05 April 2020 • 12:07 AMT
Russia coronavirus cases soar above 5,300

The highest number of confirmed cases has been reported in Moscow, with almost 3,900 infected.

05 April 2020 • 11:59 AMT
Georgia reports second death from coronavirus

The Director of the First University Clinic said the patient – a woman of 81 – had underlying health conditions.

05 April 2020 • 10:37 AMT
Coronavirus: Nearly 3,000 released from Sri Lanka prisons

The island nation has stepped up it’s efforts to contain the spreading of the new coronavirus.

05 April 2020 • 08:45 AMT
Azerbaijan applying movement restrictions amid Covid-19 spread

Restrictions will also be applied to foreigners, stateless persons, everyone else visiting or residing in the country.

05 April 2020 • 07:56 AMT
U.S. accused of diverting masks meant for Europe

200,000 N95 masks were diverted to the U.S. as they were being transferred between planes in Thailand.

05 April 2020 • 07:13 AMT
Armenia coronavirus cases reach 822

3844 people have tested negative for the virus since the beginning of the outbreak in the country.

04 April 2020 • 15:40 AMT
25 out of Armenia’s 770 coronavirus cases have pneumonia

25 out of the 770 confirmed coronavirus cases have pneumonia, three of whom are placed on ventilators.

04 April 2020 • 14:10 AMT
Finding personal success through repatriation

Artyom Shamtsyan, who is now the Chief Innovation and Digital Officer at Ameriabank, used to live in Boston when he decided to repatriate to Armenia. He knew that he would be a good fit for the company and vice versa, and he was right to think so.

04 April 2020 • 12:49 AMT
Fitch revises Outlook on Armenia to negative; Affirms at “BB-“

Fitch predicts that the Covid-19 shock will drag down GDP growth from 7.6% in 2019 to 0.5% in 2020.

04 April 2020 • 12:29 AMT
WHO warns against lifting quarantine restrictions

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries to help their citizens by expanding social welfare programs.

04 April 2020 • 11:04 AMT
Spain’s coronavirus cases surpass Italy as deaths drop for second day

In particular, the number of confirmed infections increased to 124,736, from 117,710 a day earlier.

04 April 2020 • 10:34 AMT
170 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan registered in past week

The Karabakh troops continue controlling the situation on the contact line and protecting their positions.

04 April 2020 • 09:42 AMT
Georgia reports first death from Covid-19

A 79-year-old woman became the first victim of the novel coronavirus pandemic in Georgia on April 4.

04 April 2020 • 09:26 AMT
Ambassador: One more Armenian dies from coronavirus in Russia

The Armenian national is also a citizen of Armenia whose family had been living in Russia for the past several days

04 April 2020 • 09:03 AMT
Armenia: Azerbaijan’s disinformation seeks to cover up own violations

The Armenian Foreign Ministry has described Azerbajan’s dissemination of disinformation as deplorable.

04 April 2020 • 07:32 AMT
ADB: Covid-19 expected to slash Armenia GDP growth to 2.2% in 2020

Inflation and the current account deficit are expected to rise slightly in 2020 before moderating in 2021.

04 April 2020 • 07:05 AMT
Armenia coronavirus cases reach 770

3477 people have tested negative for the virus since the beginning of the outbreak in the country.

04 April 2020 • 06:28 AMT
ANCA urges Pompeo to reprogram $25m in help Armenia fight Covid-19

ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian shared thanks for the Administration’s $1.1 million emergency allocation.