 Armenia negotiating with vaccine manufacturer Moderna July 2, 2020 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is negotiating with vaccine manufacturer Moderna and international agencies, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said Thursday, July 2. Moderna Therapeutics is a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech company co-founded by Armenian entrepreneur Noubar Afeyan. Torosyan said more than 100 potential Covid-19 vaccines are currently in the works worldwide, but only 20 of them could actually be approved. The Minister said Armenia is negotiating both with manufacturers and international agencies who will be overseeing the even distribution of the vaccines once they are ready. Torosyan also said that 650 coronavirus patients in Armenia are in serious or critical condition. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Armenia grew by 593 to reach 26,658 on Thursday morning. So far, 15,036 people have recovered, 459 have died from the coronavirus in the country, while 153 others carrying the virus have died from other causes.   Top stories Eight ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan – 95 shots overall – were registered on the border overnight. In Armenia, takeaway food and a pint of beer (around 0.6 liters) cost £4.18 and £1.00, respectively. A source has published a photo if one of the downed UAVs which it said is most probably ThunderB drone. RSF said media diversity has blossomed but the government has failed to reduce the media’s polarization.   Partner news |  Latest news Georgia reports nine new coronavirus infections  Since the beginning of the outbreak, 987 people have recovered from the disease, while 17 have died.Armenia sending plane with humanitarian aid to Beirut According to Nikol Pashinyan, Chief Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan will leave for Beirut.At least 11 Armenians killed in Beirut blast Several hundred members of the Armenian community have been injured or are missing, a cleric said.Krisp raises $5m A round for its voice-isolating algorithm Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. |
