The head of the Bright Armenia party, Edmon Marukyan, asked questions about the decision to allow the operation of several businesses after April 20th. He asked about what would happen if someone working in a textile factory were to be infected. Would these enterprises close again, or would the people who came into contact with that person simply be quarantined?
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that there are production companies that have been operating this entire time and that have registered cases of the coronavirus, but those cases did not spread among the company. He said that the fact that the coronavirus has spread throughout Armenia is due to three sources, two of which were production facilities. If that did not happen, less than half of the people sick today would be sick. Now, the government intends to share the successful experience of different facilities with the rest. The companies where there were confirmed coronavirus cases do not want their names to be shared. The Prime Minister said that videos have been created to be shared with different companies that will give them 90 percent assurance that the virus will not spread in their companies.
Nikol Pashinyan said that it may take the coronavirus one year to subside. However, people cannot stay inside for one year. We need to be able to adopt skills that will allow us to live with the coronavirus.
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Marukyan said that textile factories are continuing to operate in Bulgaria and Romania, but if the Vanadzor textile factory does not operate, important orders will not be fulfilled. Pashinyan said that several types of businesses will be allowed to operate after April 20th, but he said, “Production enterprises, restaurants, cafes, universities, and schools will not be the same post-coronavirus. We need to establish new rules.”
The Prime Minister said that the hot summer weather will allow the virus to subside in Armenia, but it is possible for a second or third wave of the virus to hit in September or October, which we need to be prepared for.
Hripsime Jebejyan
