YEREVN. – We have had many telephone conversations, participated in discussions with EEU countries, participated in discussions organized by the World Health Organization by telephone. We have spoken to the ambassadors of countries that were of direct interest to us in the regional and epidemic contexts. Lena Nanushyan, Deputy Minister of Health of Armenia, stated this at a press conference today, referring to international cooperation toward the prevention of coronavirus.

"We carry out [respective] work on a daily basis," she said. "To get new information and if necessary, if it is effective and can be applied in Armenia, then to apply [it] in our country as well."

According to her, they also work with the Health and Labor Inspectorate Body of Armenia. "Work is carried out to detect, hospitalize patients who are running a fever at the state border crossing points [of the country]," she noted. "The Nork infectious disease hospital [in Yerevan] has been separated and re-profiled as a clinic only for the treatment of patients with coronavirus."

Nanushyan added that to date more than 700 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Armenia.