Yerevan-Sana
The Armenian Presidency announced today that Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has been infected with the Coronavirus.
The Russian "Novosti" news agency quoted a spokesman for the Armenian presidency as saying that Sarkissian's examination results were positive, which forced him to enter quarantine and will continue to perform his duties remotely.
The spokesman indicated that Sarkissian, who is in the British capital, London, had symptoms of corona, after he had surgery on his leg.
In addition, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Armenia announced the registration of 14 deaths and 324 new cases of Coronavirus during the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 160,544 cases.
The Armenian authorities declared a quarantine in the country until the eleventh of January as part of the fight against the spread of the Corona virus.