Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who turned 45 on Monday, said he and his family had tested positive for the new coronavirus and that he would be working from home.
that his "coronavirus test was positive yesterday" and that his wife and four children were also infected.
Health Minister Arsen Torosyan has said that out of 186 intensive care units in the country reserved for virus patients, only 32 are empty and those would soon be filled. He told a cabinet meeting several days ago that "false rumours that the pandemic is a fiction" were to blame for widespread quarantine violations.Analysts said conspiracy theories and disinformation on social media had undermined government efforts to fight the outbreak.
Medmedia.am reported the pandemic was fake and falsely claimed that a local morgue offered money to a dead patient's relatives to sign documents saying the death was caused by the coronavirus, openDemocracy said.The economy grew by 7.6 per cent last year but the International Monetary Fund has forecast GDP to fall by 1.5 per cent in 2020.
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