COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Armenia on 1 March 2020 when its first case was confirmed. The disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a new virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread to all of the regions (marz) of Armenia.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Armenia |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China[1] |
| Index case | Yerevan |
| Arrival date | 1 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months and 3 weeks) |
| Confirmed cases | 453,040[2] |
Deaths | 8,779[2] |
| Vaccinations | |
| Government website | |
| A Unified Information Platform for Combating Coronavirus National Center for Disease Control and Prevention | |
Armenia suspended visa-free travel for Chinese citizens since 1 February, shortly after it pushed a 90-day visa-free regime on 19 January. Citizens of Iran could no longer receive a visa on arrival either.
Passengers who had been to most of Europe, as well as Japan and South Korea, within the past 14 days, were no longer allowed to enter Armenia.[3] The border of Armenia with the Republic of Artsakh was also closed in order to prevent the virus from spreading.
Before the virus was confirmed to have arrived in Armenia, 118 tests were performed in February with negative results.
References
change- ↑ "Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19)". who.int. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ritchie, Hannah; Mathieu, Edouard; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Beltekian, Diana; Dattani, Saloni; Roser, Max (2020–2023). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ↑ "IATA - International Travel Document News". www.iatatravelcentre.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-05-18.