YEREVAN. – One of the nine people, who were injured as a result of Thursday’s collapse of a semi-constructed building at the heart of Armenia’s capital city Yerevan, continues to be in very critical while the other eight are in average critical condition, the Health Minister’s Press Secretary Anahit Haytayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.   

In her words, seven of these patients could be transferred to convalescence rooms on Friday, but it is still too early to say when they will be discharged.  

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a construction crew of eleven remained under the debris as a result of Thursday’s collapse of a building in downtown Yerevan. The Ministry of Emergency Situations received a call at 1:10pm informing that firemen and rescuers were needed. Subsequently, the firemen and rescuers were dispatched to the scene.

Identities of the nine injured are made public, and they are as follows: Kamo Kagramanov, 50, Arman, 40, Arman Grigoryan, 25, Arsen Hayrapetyan, 30, Nahapet Badalyan, Volodya Matevosyan, Sirak Tovmasyan, Edik Sukiasyan, 30, and Robert Arakelyan, 53.

A criminal case has been launched on charges of violation of the employment protection rules.

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