Armenia expecting first Covid-19 vaccines by early FebruaryJanuary 12, 2021 - 15:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The first batch of the Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Armenia by the first half of February, said Gayane Sahakyan, the Deputy Director General of the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention the the head of the National Immunization Program, on Tuesday, January 12. According to her, Armenia is negotiating with several manufacturers to obtain a vaccine against the coronavirus. She said negotiations are underway to purchase vaccines that have passed the necessary studies and tests, including Sputnik-V, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca. “We are planning to purchase a vaccine for 10% of the population, initially only for people in high risk groups,” Sahakyan explained. "The first batch of the vaccine will be available by the end of January or the first half of February, and the vaccination [of people from] high risk groups will begin then." The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Armenia grew by 355 to reach 162,643 on Tuesday, January 12 morning. So far, 150,602 people have recovered, 2941 have died from the coronavirus in the country, while 707 others carrying the virus have died from other causes. 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 | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |