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| COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Armenia |
| First outbreak | Wuhan,Hubei, China[1][2] |
| Index case | Yerevan |
| Arrival date | 1 March 2020 (5 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 454,719[3] |
| Recovered | 211,634 |
Deaths | 8,785[3] |
| Vaccinations | |
| Government website | |
| A Unified Information Platform for Combating Coronavirus National Center for Disease Control and Prevention | |
TheCOVID-19 pandemic in Armenia was a part of theworldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reachedArmenia on 1 March 2020 when its first case was reported. It has spread to all of the regions (marz) of Armenia and has caused 4,400 deaths (not including 1,077 more deaths as a result of "other reasons").
Armenia has suspended visa-free travel forChinese citizens since 1 February, shortly after it implemented a 90-day visa-free regime on 19 January. Citizens ofIran can no longer receive a visa on arrival either. Additionally, passengers who have been to most ofEurope, as well asSouth Korea andJapan, within the past 14 days, are no longer allowed to enter Armenia.[4] The border of Armenia with theRepublic of Artsakh has also been closed in order to prevent the virus from spreading to the unrecognized republic (which "de facto" proclaimed its independence in anationwide referendum on 10 December 1992).
Before the virus was confirmed to have arrived in Armenia, 118 tests were performed in February with negative results. To date, Armenia is reported to have performed 1,065,211 tests, of which 222,139 were positive.[5]
On 12 January 2020, theWorld Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that anovel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[6][7]
Thecase fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower thanSARS of 2003,[8][9] but thetransmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[10][8]
Date | # of cases | # of deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-01 | class=bb-b | class=bb-c| | ||
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| 2020-03-11 | ||||
| 2020-03-12 | ||||
| 2020-03-13 | ||||
| 2020-03-14 | ||||
| 2020-03-15 | ||||
| 2020-03-16 | ||||
| 2020-03-17 | ||||
| 2020-03-18 | ||||
| 2020-03-19 | ||||
| 2020-03-20 | ||||
| 2020-03-21 | ||||
| 2020-03-22 | ||||
| 2020-03-23 | ||||
| 2020-03-24 | ||||
| 2020-03-25 | ||||
| 2020-03-26 | 1(n.a.) | |||
| 2020-03-27 | 1(=) | |||
| 2020-03-28 | 3(+200%) | |||
| 2020-03-29 | 3(=) | |||
| 2020-03-30 | 3(=) | |||
| 2020-03-31 | 3(=) | |||
| 2020-04-01 | 4(+33%) | |||
| 2020-04-02 | 7(+75%) | |||
| 2020-04-03 | 7(=) | |||
| 2020-04-04 | 7(=) | |||
| 2020-04-05 | 8(+14%) | |||
| 2020-04-06 | 8(=) | |||
| 2020-04-07 | 9(+12%) | |||
| 2020-04-08 | 10(+11%) | |||
| 2020-04-09 | 11(+10%) | |||
| 2020-04-10 | 13(+18%) | |||
| 2020-04-11 | 13(=) | |||
| 2020-04-12 | 14(+7.7%) | |||
| 2020-04-13 | 16(+14%) | |||
| 2020-04-14 | 17(+6.2%) | |||
| 2020-04-15 | 18(+5.9%) | |||
| 2020-04-16 | 19(+5.6%) | |||
| 2020-04-17 | 20(+5.3%) | |||
| 2020-04-18 | 20(=) | |||
| 2020-04-19 | 22(+10%) | |||
| 2020-04-20 | 24(+9.1%) | |||
| 2020-04-21 | 24(=) | |||
| 2020-04-22 | 24(=) | |||
| 2020-04-23 | 27(+12%) | |||
| 2020-04-24 | 28(+3.7%) | |||
| 2020-04-25 | 28(=) | |||
| 2020-04-26 | 29(+3.6%) | |||
| 2020-04-27 | 30(+3.4%) | |||
| 2020-04-28 | 30(=) | |||
| 2020-04-29 | 32(+6.7%) | |||
| 2020-04-30 | 33(+3.1%) | |||
| 2020-05-01 | 33(=) | |||
| 2020-05-02 | 35(+6.1%) | |||
| 2020-05-03 | 39(+11%) | |||
| 2020-05-04 | 40(+2.6%) | |||
| 2020-05-05 | 40(=) | |||
| 2020-05-06 | 42(+5%) | |||
| 2020-05-07 | 43(+2.4%) | |||
| 2020-05-08 | 44(+2.3%) | |||
| 2020-05-09 | 45(+2.3%) | |||
| 2020-05-10 | 46(+2.2%) | |||
| 2020-05-11 | 47(+2.2%) | |||
| 2020-05-12 | 48(+2.1%) | |||
| 2020-05-13 | 49(+2.1%) | |||
| 2020-05-14 | 52(+6.1%) | |||
| 2020-05-15 | 52(=) | |||
| 2020-05-16 | 60(+15%) | |||
| 2020-05-17 | 52(−13%) | |||
| 2020-05-18 | 64(+23%) | |||
| 2020-05-19 | 67(+4.7%) | |||
| 2020-05-20 | 70(+4.5%) | |||
| 2020-05-21 | 74(+5.7%) | |||
| 2020-05-22 | 77(+4.1%) | |||
| 2020-05-23 | 81(+5.2%) | |||
| 2020-05-24 | 87(+7.4%) | |||
| 2020-05-25 | 91(+4.6%) | |||
| 2020-05-26 | 98(+7.7%) | |||
| 2020-05-27 | 113(+15%) | |||
| 2020-05-28 | 120(+6.2%) | |||
| 2020-05-29 | 127(+5.8%) | |||
| 2020-05-30 | 131(+3.1%) | |||
| 2020-05-31 | 139(+6.1%) | |||
| 2020-06-01 | 158(+14%) | |||
| 2020-06-02 | 170(+7.6%) | |||
| 2020-06-03 | 176(+3.5%) | |||
| 2020-06-04 | 183(+4%) | |||
| 2020-06-05 | 190(+3.8%) | |||
| 2020-06-06 | 200(+5.3%) | |||
| 2020-06-07 | 211(+5.5%) | |||
| 2020-06-08 | 217(+2.8%) | |||
| 2020-06-09 | 227(+4.6%) | |||
| 2020-06-10 | 245(+7.9%) | |||
| 2020-06-11 | 258(+5.3%) | |||
| 2020-06-12 | 264(+2.3%) | |||
| 2020-06-13 | 269(+1.9%) | |||
| 2020-06-14 | 285(+5.9%) | |||
| 2020-06-15 | 293(+2.8%) | |||
| 2020-06-16 | 302(+3.1%) | |||
| 2020-06-17 | 309(+2.3%) | |||
| 2020-06-18 | 319(+3.2%) | |||
| 2020-06-19 | 332(+4.1%) | |||
| 2020-06-20 | 350(+5.4%) | |||
| 2020-06-21 | 360(+2.9%) | |||
| 2020-06-22 | 372(+3.3%) | |||
| 2020-06-23 | 386(+3.8%) | |||
| 2020-06-24 | 397(+2.8%) | |||
| 2020-06-25 | 410(+3.3%) | |||
| 2020-06-26 | 420(+2.4%) | |||
| 2020-06-27 | 426(+1.4%) | |||
| 2020-06-28 | 433(+1.6%) | |||
| 2020-06-29 | 443(+2.3%) | |||
| 2020-06-30 | 453(+2.3%) | |||
| 2020-07-01 | 459(+1.3%) | |||
| 2020-07-02 | 469(+2.2%) | |||
| 2020-07-03 | 477(+1.7%) | |||
| 2020-07-04 | 484(+1.5%) | |||
| 2020-07-05 | 491(+1.4%) | |||
| 2020-07-06 | 503(+2.4%) | |||
| 2020-07-07 | 521(+3.6%) | |||
| 2020-07-08 | 535(+2.7%) | |||
| 2020-07-09 | 546(+2.1%) | |||
| 2020-07-10 | 559(+2.4%) | |||
| 2020-07-11 | 565(+1.1%) | |||
| 2020-07-12 | 573(+1.4%) | |||
| 2020-07-13 | 581(+1.4%) | |||
| 2020-07-14 | 592(+1.9%) | |||
| 2020-07-15 | 607(+2.5%) | |||
| 2020-07-16 | 620(+2.1%) | |||
| 2020-07-17 | 631(+1.8%) | |||
| 2020-07-18 | 641(+1.6%) | |||
| 2020-07-19 | 650(+1.4%) | |||
| 2020-07-20 | 662(+1.8%) | |||
| 2020-07-21 | 678(+2.4%) | |||
| 2020-07-22 | 688(+1.5%) | |||
| 2020-07-23 | 692(+0.58%) | |||
| 2020-07-24 | 700(+1.2%) | |||
| 2020-07-25 | 705(+0.71%) | |||
| 2020-07-26 | 711(+0.85%) | |||
| 2020-07-27 | 719(+1.1%) | |||
| 2020-07-28 | 723(+0.56%) | |||
| 2020-07-29 | 728(+0.69%) | |||
| 2020-07-30 | 738(+1.4%) | |||
| 2020-07-31 | 749(+1.5%) | |||
| 2020-08-01 | 754(+0.67%) | |||
| 2020-08-02 | 762(+1.1%) | |||
| 2020-08-03 | 768(+0.79%) | |||
| 2020-08-04 | 770(+0.26%) | |||
| 2020-08-05 | 772(+0.26%) | |||
| 2020-08-06 | 777(+0.65%) | |||
| 2020-08-07 | 785(+1%) | |||
| 2020-08-08 | 791(+0.76%) | |||
| 2020-08-09 | 796(+0.63%) | |||
| 2020-08-10 | 803(+0.88%) | |||
| 2020-08-11 | 806(+0.37%) | |||
| 2020-08-12 | 809(+0.37%) | |||
| 2020-08-13 | 814(+0.62%) | |||
| 2020-08-14 | 817(+0.37%) | |||
| 2020-08-15 | 818(+0.12%) | |||
| 2020-08-16 | 824(+0.73%) | |||
| 2020-08-17 | 832(+0.97%) | |||
| 2020-08-18 | 833(+0.12%) | |||
| 2020-08-19 | 836(+0.36%) | |||
| 2020-08-20 | 842(+0.72%) | |||
| 2020-08-21 | 850(+0.95%) | |||
| 2020-08-22 | 852(+0.24%) | |||
| 2020-08-23 | 854(+0.23%) | |||
| 2020-08-24 | 858(+0.47%) | |||
| 2020-08-25 | 861(+0.35%) | |||
| 2020-08-26 | 864(+0.35%) | |||
| ⋮ | class=bb-b | class=bb-c| | ||
| 2020-10-25 | 1,180(n.a.) | |||
| Sources: Armenia's National Center for Disease Control provides daily update of numbers from the previous day every morning at 11:00here | ||||
On 1 March,Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan confirmed the reports on his Facebook page that theCOVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread toArmenia.[11][12]
On 16 March, Government declared a state of emergency lasting until 14 April to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The emergency measures included the closure of all educational institutions, closing the borders withGeorgia andIran, banning gatherings with over 20 people, and postponing the2020 Armenian constitutional referendum.[13]
As of 18 March, in addition to 799 people in self-isolation, there were 444 people in quarantine, gathered in theGolden Palace Hotel ofTsaghkadzor and theMonte Melkonian Military College ofDilijan.[14]
On 21 March, Armenia's Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said they have over 600 in quarantine in different regions of Armenia. He added that Armenia's capacity for quarantining people is nearing its limit, and that people should already resort to self-isolation as a preventative measure. Of the confirmed cases, 133 were linked to the clusters of cases fromEjmiatsin and a sewing factory in Yerevan.[14]
As of 24 March, there are 235 confirmed cases. 26 patients havepneumonia, 6 of whom are inintensive care, though they are notintubated (not onartificial respirators), and are under constant supervision.[14]
On 26 March, Armenia's Health Ministry announced the country's first death from COVID-19. The patient was a 72-year-old male Armenian citizen with multiple pre-existing conditions.[15]
On 1 April, Armenia reported its 4th death.[16]
On 6 April, Armenian Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan announced that Armenia would start to produce COVID-19 tests at the Institute of Molecular Biology.[17]
On 7 April, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the unrecognizedRepublic of Artsakh. The person had returned from Armenia to Mirik village of theKashatagh Province, 39 km fromBerdzor and 89 km fromStepanakert and was taken by ambulance to theKashatagh medical center on the morning of 2 April. All 17 people who had been in contact with this person, none of whom had symptoms, had self-isolated in advance for safety reasons.[18]
On 4 May, the nationalstay-at-home order was partially lifted and non-essential businesses were allowed to reopen, provided that the businesses require customers wear masks and limit the number of customers inside stores and restaurants.[19]
On 14 May, the country's state of emergency was extended until 13 June. However, preschools, shopping centres, and gyms reopened and public transport resumed starting from 18 May.[20]
On 1 June,Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.[21]
Model-based simulations suggest that the 95%confidence interval for thetime-varying reproduction numberR t was lower than 1.0 in July and August, above 1.0 in September and October, and around 1.0 in November.[22] In September, the Armenian Government decided to impose a covid relatedquarantine, which is still in place.[23]
In July 2021, the Armenian Health MinisterAnahit Avanesian announced Armenia would be able to purchase 300'000 doses of theNovavax and 50'000 doses of theJanssen vaccine.[24] Armenia used to provide vaccines to the people for free, Armenians and non Armenians alike. This encouraged many Iranians to cross to Armenia to get vaccinated, following which Armenia imposed restrictions on vaccines for non-residents.[25]
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The countries andinternational organizations that have sent aid and funds to theGovernment of Armenia, to help fightthe pandemic, includes:
Canada: Canada provided Armenia with a $260,000 funding package to assist with COVID-19.[26]
China: On 8 April 2020, a batch of humanitarian aid including disposable surgical masks, protection suits, and ventilators from China arrived in Armenia.[27]
European Union: The EU has provided 92 million euros in aid to Armenia. In addition, the EU has supplied Armenia with 6,000 gloves, 2,300 medical masks, and provided over 3000 vulnerable citizens with care packages.[28]
Russia: In April 2020, the Russian military sent a team of medics and special equipment to Armenia to help authorities detect and prevent coronavirus cases among Armenian and Russian military personnel serving in the country. The equipment included a coronavirus testing lab and a sample collection system.[29]
Serbia: On 18 and 19 June, Serbia sent two planes with medical aid toArmenia, containing 10 artificial respiration devices, 10 monitors monitoring the patient's condition, 500,000surgical masks, 100,000breathing masks, 25,000 protective glasses, 25,000 medical protective clothing and other necessary items.[30]
United States: The United States has provided 2.7 million dollars to help strengthen laboratory capacity, improve management of severe cases, and support community level preparedness planning in Armenia. The US has also provided 1.2 million dollars to address the economic impacts of COVID-19, 1.8 million dollars for community-based social work, and an additional $200,000 to civil society and independent media organizations.[31]the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.