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Prince Charles ends self-isolation after seven days

March 30, 2020 - 18:53 AMT

14:53 GMT

Prince Charles spent seven days in self-isolation in Scotland after testing positive and displaying mild symptoms

Sport

Media: Mkhitaryan hopes Roma can strike €12m deal with Arsenal

March 30, 2020 - 18:44 AMT

14:44 GMT

The Armenia international's contract at the Emirates Stadium expires in the summer of 2021.

Sport

Olympic Games set for July 23–August 8, 2021

March 30, 2020 - 18:12 AMT

14:12 GMT

Tokyo organizers say the opening ceremony of the Olymic Games will take place on July 23, 2021.

World

Georgia declares curfew from March 31 to stop coronavirus spread

March 30, 2020 - 17:54 AMT

13:54 GMT

Georgia will also close the metro system and ban gatherings of more than three people from March 31.

World

Covid-19: WHO explains droplet transmission process

March 30, 2020 - 15:52 AMT

11:52 GMT

Transmission may also occur through fomites in the immediate environment around the infected person, WHO said.

Foreign Policy & Diaspora

Italian-Armenian doctor dies of coronavirus

March 30, 2020 - 14:54 AMT

10:54 GMT

He contracted the virus while performing his duties as a doctor in Italy, one of the worst-hit countries in the world.

Society

Coronavirus crisis: Armenia to assist pregnant women, newly unemployed

March 30, 2020 - 14:17 AMT

10:17 GMT

The government is taking steps to ease the social burden, specifically for the socially disadvantaged persons.

Foreign Policy & Diaspora

Macron, Sarkozy, Hollande pay homage to Patrick Devedjian's memory

March 30, 2020 - 13:39 AMT

09:39 GMT

President President Macron hailed the former minister as "a free spirit" a committed politician.

World

Pope Francis backs UN chief's call for global ceasefire

March 30, 2020 - 12:47 AMT

08:47 GMT

Saying the disease knows no borders, Francis appealed to everyone to “stop every form of bellicose hostility."

World

Oxford University recruiting volunteers for Covid-19 vaccine trial

March 30, 2020 - 12:20 AMT

08:20 GMT

The trial will recruit up to 510 healthy adults, aged 18 to 55, to test the vaccine called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19.

Society

Armenia confirms 482 coronavirus cases overall

March 30, 2020 - 12:00 AMT

08:00 GMT

So far, 30 people have recovered, three have died from the coronavirus in the country.

World

Oil prices fall to 17-year low as OPEC standoff continues

March 30, 2020 - 11:03 AMT

07:03 GMT

Brent crude prices hit $23.03 a barrel on March 30 morning during Asia hours – the lowest level since Nov 2002.

Society

Armenia could start using cell phone data to track Covid-19 outbreak

March 30, 2020 - 10:58 AMT

06:58 GMT

Տhe government hopes to better track and respond to the COVID-19 epidemic across the country.

Society

Armenia confirms 14 coronavirus cases among NCDC employees

March 29, 2020 - 15:04 AMT

11:04 GMT

Health Ministry spokeswoman Alina Nikoghosyan failed to reveal whether all the 14 are health workers.

Society

OSCE lauds Armenia's lifting of media restrictions in state of emergency

March 29, 2020 - 14:02 AMT

10:02 GMT

Harlem Désir welcomed the swift reaction of the government in addressing his concerns about the State of Emergency.

Arts & Showbiz

Celebrated composer Krzysztof Penderecki dies aged 86

March 29, 2020 - 13:35 AMT

09:35 GMT

Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.