270 COVID-19 patients are below the age of 18 – health minister
14:05, 21 May 2020
YEREVAN, MAY 21, ARMENPRESS. 270 coronavirus patients in Armenia are below the age of 18, Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan said at a news conference.
“Only two of them have pneumonia, very mild. Their lives are out of danger, but this doesn’t mean that we should subject children to the unnecessary risk of contracting the virus. We must protect everyone, children must also wear masks”, he said.
He said there are 23 pregnant women among those infected. They are all in normal condition.
There are 2928 active cases of COVID-19 in Armenia as of the latest data. 70 people have died.
2581 have recovered.
Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan