TOURINFO-YEREVAN- JUNE 1,2020- Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his family tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Monday, as the country saw a rise in infection cases. He announced this live on Facebook: “My coronavirus test was positive yesterday.” He also added that his family also tested positive with the virus.
Nikol Pashinyan said he had not developed any symptoms, but he had taken the test as a precaution before a planned visit to military positions in the country, adding that he will self-isolate in his government residence and continue to perform his duties from there.
Pashinyan has suspicions that he was infected from a waiter who did not wear a glove, and that waiter has tested positive for COVID-19. However, the PM is confident that no one or at least a few people in the government have been infected from him.
“Our strategy remains the same, we should get used to living with the coronavirus. We all are in the same situation, we do not have a fever and any symptoms, but we need to follow as symptoms can come at any moment. We hope that we didn’t infect our grandparents”, he added.
The Armenian PM again urged citizens to always wear facemasks and regularly disinfect hands.
Pashinyan and the government have so far signaled no plans to re-impose lockdown restrictions. They maintain that Armenians can stop the spread of the virus if they wear facemasks, practice social distancing, and frequently wash their hands.
