Thursday, September 23 2021 20:03

ArmInfo. During the consultation chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the country and the vaccination  process were discussed.

As reported by the press service of the Prime Minister, the head of  the Armenian Ministry of Health Anahit Avanesyan reported that the  number of people vaccinated against Covid-19 exceeded 277 thousand  people, only 9,900 vaccinations were made yesterday. According to  her, the mood of the townspeople indicates a positive trend. So,  according to a study by the Ministry of Health, if in March of this  year only 10% of people were ready for vaccination, now about 50% are  in favor of vaccination. The Minister assured that the number of  vaccines in the country is at a sufficient level, the existing stocks  are being replenished with a new batch.

The meeting participants touched upon the order of the head of the  Ministry of Health, which comes into force on October 1, 2021,  according to which persons carrying out economic activities will be  required to have a vaccination certificate or a negative result of  PCR test every 14 days.

The Prime Minister instructed interested government bodies to ensure  the implementation of the order, which will enter into force on  October 1. Nikol Pashinyan stressed the importance of this  legislative regulation in the context of controlling the epidemic  situation, ensuring public health responsibility and raising public  awareness in this direction.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health of Armenia made amendments to the  requirements for compliance with anti- epidemiological standards,  which will come into force on October 1 and will affect employees in  a number of spheres.  In particular, according to decision 65 N of  the Minister of Health, from October 1, workers are required to  submit a negative PCR test result to the employer every 14 days. The  test certificate must be received no later than 72 hours, the test is  carried out at the expense of the employee.

The requirement applies to employees of government agencies,  municipalities, closed enterprises, mining, construction sites,  organizations engaged in office activities, wholesale and retail  trade, service industries (hotels, catering points, beauty salons),  public transport. This is a mandatory requirement for health workers,  gyms, sports schools, employees of kindergartens, educational  institutions, libraries, cinemas, museums and other cultural  facilities. Restrictions do not apply to people who have completed  the full course of vaccination, or received one dose of the drug and  are waiting for a second dose, pregnant women and those who have a  temporary or permanent contraindication to vaccination.  Despite the  fact that the head of the Ministry of Health herself has repeatedly  stated that vaccination against coronavirus does not exclude the risk  of infection, today Avanesyan in the National Assembly of Armenia,  during a working discussion on this issue, stated that it is not  known for certain whether revaccination will be required or not, but  if the third dose of vaccine, it will need to be received.

It should be noted that the process of large-scale vaccination  started in Armenia on April 13, and it is planned to vaccinate about  700 thousand residents by the end of the year. Vaccinations in  Armenia are free of charge, while the cost of taking a PCR test is  about 15 thousand drams (about $ 30).