COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia
2020 CE.
Shown on the map at 40.383°, 44.950°.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Armenia on 1 March 2020 when its first case was reported. It has spread to all of the regions (marz) of Armenia and has caused 4,400 deaths, not including 1,077 more deaths as a result of "other reasons". Armenia suspended visa-free travel for Chinese citizens on 1 February, shortly after it implemented a 90-day visa-free regime on 19 January. Citizens of Iran were also unable to receive a visa on arrival. Additionally, passengers who have been to most of Europe, as well as South Korea and Japan, within the past 14 days, were barred from entering Armenia. The border of Armenia with the Republic of Artsakh was closed in order to prevent the virus from spreading to the unrecognized republic (which "de facto" proclaimed its independence in a nationwide referendum on 10 December 1992). Before the virus was confirmed to have arrived in Armenia, 118 tests were performed in February with negative results.
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