Armenia: Coronavirus prompts new mortuaryAugust 17, 2020 - 15:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has opened a special mortuary for the autopsy of corpses from the coronavirus, the Health Ministry revealed on Monday, August 17. The morgue has two sections – one for people who have died from particularly dangerous infections, and the other for ordinary deaths. The two halls have separate entrances, separate ventilation systems, while the one for bodies carrying dangerous infections is equipped with a high-pressure air-conditioning and ventilation system, a special infection table and HEPA filters. Body identification will be performed via cameras. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Armenia grew by 38 to reach 41,701 on Monday. So far, 34,655 people have recovered, 824 have died from the coronavirus in the country, while 244 others carrying the virus have died from other causes. Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |