By the new order of the Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan, children aged 0-5, as well as those who deliver speeches and messages and the direct participants of the event—except for spectators, guests, journalists, and service personnel—during the ceremonial events chaired by the President of Armenia, the Catholicos of All Armenians, the Prime Minister, the speaker of the National Assembly, the president of the Constitutional Court, and the chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council  may no longer wear a face mask in outdoor public areas when they are outside their place of residence in Armenia.