Armenians urged against visiting Italy amid coronavirus outbreakMarch 10, 2020 - 12:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Foreign Ministry has issued a statement urging Armenian citizens against visiting Italy, given the soaring number of new cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus in the European country. Taking into account the measures announced by the authorities of Italy aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19, we urge the citizens of Armenia to strictly refrain from visiting Italy and urgently call on those who are currently in Italy to immediately suspend their trip and return to Armenia,” the Ministry said on Facebook on Tuesday, March 10. “We urge the citizens of Armenia to keep in touch with the Embassy of Armenia in Italy.” The Irish Times reported earlier that Ryanair is making further cuts to its flight schedule to and from Italy, citing government restrictions on travel in response to the spreading coronavirus. Italy, meanwhile, is expanding the lockdown of the Lombardy region to the entire country, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Monday, March 9 as Italy’s case count surged, making it the country with the most COVID-19 cases outside of China Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |