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30 March 2020 • 14:53 AMT
Prince Charles ends self-isolation after seven days

Prince Charles spent seven days in self-isolation in Scotland after testing positive and displaying mild symptoms

30 March 2020 • 14:44 AMT
Media: Mkhitaryan hopes Roma can strike €12m deal with Arsenal

The Armenia international’s contract at the Emirates Stadium expires in the summer of 2021.

30 March 2020 • 14:12 AMT
Olympic Games set for July 23–August 8, 2021

Tokyo organizers say the opening ceremony of the Olymic Games will take place on July 23, 2021.

30 March 2020 • 13:54 AMT
Georgia declares curfew from March 31 to stop coronavirus spread

Georgia will also close the metro system and ban gatherings of more than three people from March 31.

30 March 2020 • 11:52 AMT
Covid-19: WHO explains droplet transmission process

Transmission may also occur through fomites in the immediate environment around the infected person, WHO said.

30 March 2020 • 10:54 AMT
Italian-Armenian doctor dies of coronavirus

He contracted the virus while performing his duties as a doctor in Italy, one of the worst-hit countries in the world.

30 March 2020 • 10:17 AMT
Coronavirus crisis: Armenia to assist pregnant women, newly unemployed

The government is taking steps to ease the social burden, specifically for the socially disadvantaged persons.

30 March 2020 • 09:39 AMT
Macron, Sarkozy, Hollande pay homage to Patrick Devedjian’s memory

President President Macron hailed the former minister as “a free spirit” a committed politician.

30 March 2020 • 08:47 AMT
Pope Francis backs UN chief’s call for global ceasefire

Saying the disease knows no borders, Francis appealed to everyone to “stop every form of bellicose hostility.”

30 March 2020 • 08:20 AMT
Oxford University recruiting volunteers for Covid-19 vaccine trial

The trial will recruit up to 510 healthy adults, aged 18 to 55, to test the vaccine called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19.

30 March 2020 • 08:00 AMT
Armenia confirms 482 coronavirus cases overall

So far, 30 people have recovered, three have died from the coronavirus in the country.

30 March 2020 • 07:03 AMT
Oil prices fall to 17-year low as OPEC standoff continues

Brent crude prices hit $23.03 a barrel on March 30 morning during Asia hours – the lowest level since Nov 2002.

30 March 2020 • 06:58 AMT
Armenia could start using cell phone data to track Covid-19 outbreak

Տhe government hopes to better track and respond to the COVID-19 epidemic across the country.

29 March 2020 • 11:04 AMT
Armenia confirms 14 coronavirus cases among NCDC employees

Health Ministry spokeswoman Alina Nikoghosyan failed to reveal whether all the 14 are health workers.

29 March 2020 • 10:02 AMT
OSCE lauds Armenia’s lifting of media restrictions in state of emergency

Harlem Désir welcomed the swift reaction of the government in addressing his concerns about the State of Emergency.

29 March 2020 • 09:35 AMT
Celebrated composer Krzysztof Penderecki dies aged 86

Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.

29 March 2020 • 08:33 AMT
French-Armenian politician Patrick Devedjian dies of Covid-19

Devedjian confirmed he had contracted the virus on March 26 and that was hospitalized in Paris.

29 March 2020 • 07:19 AMT
Armenia coronavirus cases climb to 424

2054 people have tested negative for the virus since the beginning of the outbreak in the country.

29 March 2020 • 05:14 AMT
Armenia reports two more deaths from coronavirus

The 55 and 72-year-old patients had preexisting health conditions.

28 March 2020 • 17:08 AMT
Armenia: Number of coronavirus cases now tops 400

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Armenia grew by 35 to reach 407 on March 28 evening.

28 March 2020 • 15:17 AMT
Russian-Armenian epidemiologist with Covid-19 dies in Moscow

Health professionals are now working to find out whether the coronavirus was the cause of her death.

28 March 2020 • 13:55 AMT
Spain’s coronavirus deaths surge by 832 in 24 hours

A further 8,189 cases were detected in the country in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 72,248.

28 March 2020 • 13:47 AMT
Global condom shortage looms as production remains shut down

The factory has not produced a single condom in its three Malaysian factories for more than a week

28 March 2020 • 12:06 AMT
Quarantine in metropoles

More and more cities around the world have opted to quarantine in a bid to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus. And footage from abandoned streets that once bustled with business and passers-by resemble shots from post-apocalyptic movies.

28 March 2020 • 10:28 AMT
150 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan registered in past week

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

28 March 2020 • 10:10 AMT
China’s Wuhan partly reopens after coronavirus lockdown

Wuhan saw more than 50,000 coronavirus cases, and at least 3,000 people in Hubei died from the disease.

28 March 2020 • 09:44 AMT
Google announces $800 million aid package for SMBs

The commitment will support SMB, health organizations and governments, and health workers.

28 March 2020 • 09:10 AMT
Covid-19: Germany will increase tests to 500,000 per week

Germany has been heavily hit by the pandemic, with 49,603 confirmed cases, but has counted 308 deaths so far.

28 March 2020 • 07:29 AMT
Member of Armenian boxing team tests positive for coronavirus

The virus was first confirmed in people who arrived with the delegation but were not its members.

28 March 2020 • 07:13 AMT
U.S. approves $1.1 million Covid-19 aid package for Armenia

The Department of State has unveiled a $274 million package for 64 of the world’s most at-risk countries.