Armenian News - NEWS.am presents a daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 30.07.2020:
- A 39-year-old contract soldier was injured by an opponent's shot in the Tavush province of Armenia, Mayor of Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur village Levon Arakelyan told Armenian News - NEWS.am.
He also noted that the wounded soldier turned out to be their fellow villager.
- The relative calm was maintained on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border on the night of July 29-30 and this morning, Armenian defense ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan wrote on her Facebook.
"The Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime 15 times with firearms, firing about 120 shots toward Armenian positions.
The adversary unproductively fired twice from the Igla-S [surface-to-air missile] complex, she added.
- Armenia confirmed 259 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number to 38,196.
In total, 728 patients have died so far of this disease.
The total number of tests conducted so far is 161,754.
According to the latest data, 28,366 people have recovered thus far.
- Compared to early July, the COVID-19 situation in Armenia has improved significantly, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a briefing on Wednesday.
The PM said it is obvious that the stage of overcoming the coronavirus has begun in Armenia.
"It is also obvious that this improvement is directly related to anti-epidemiological measures, the cornerstone of which is the mandatory wearing of masks in open and closed areas," he added.
Police received a call from medical center informing that they had admitted a woman with a diagnosis of "uterine bleeding," shamshyan.com reported.
The police and investigators found out that this woman had given birth on the same day at her workplace in Yerevan, then wrapped the baby in a plastic bag and thrown the newborn in a trash can.
A criminal case on murder charge has been initiated.
The woman has been detained.











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