A case of the coronavirus was confirmed in Maralik, Shirak. The patient was a man born in 1952 who also had other chronic illnesses, including diabetes and vertebrobasilar circulatory disorder. It is still not clear how this patient became infected because he had not been outside of Armenia and he had not come into contact with someone confirmed to have the virus. The Prime Minister spoke about one death in his Facebook live video, which was about the Maralik resident.
The man was taken from the Maralik Hospital to the Gyumri Medical Center because he had double pneumonia. Then, he was taken to the St. Grigor Lusavorich Hospital in Yerevan, where he was tested positive for the coronavirus.
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All of the doctors who came into contact with the patient- not knowing or believing that he had the virus- were quarantined in one of Gyumri’s hotels. Twenty-nine medical workers in total were quarantined, but none of them have a fever or any other symptoms.
People who came into contact with the man were also quarantined. They come from two families consisting of eight people.
The director of the Gyumri Medical Center, Armen Isahakyan, said that the hospital continues to operate as usual. Armen Isahakyan said that the patient’s medical history will no longer be taken into consideration; all those who have pneumonia and a fever will be tested, and only then will they be taken to the Gyumri Medical Center. If they are tested positive for the coronavirus, they will be taken to a medical institution approved for treating the virus.
Nune Arevshatyan
