YEREVAN. – There are no other confirmed cases of coronavirus in the government. Mane Gevorgyan, spokesperson for Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, stated this in a conversation with Armenian News-NEWS.am Monday.

"There has been no widespread testing of members of the government, as all those who had direct contact with the prime minister have followed all the rules of safety (…). As we have no symptoms, there is no need for widespread testing at this time," she said.

To the remark that the Prime Minister also said live that he had no symptoms, but the virus was confirmed in him, Gevorgyan responded: "Because he had direct contact with an infected person; that's why he was tested."

According to Mane Gevorgyan, before leaving for Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), the Prime Minister's press office was also tested, including herself, and the test result was negative, but she will be tested again within two days.

As reported earlier, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has tested positive for COVID-19.