It's necessary to preserve anti-pandemic rules to maintain declining COVID-19 numbers – PM

The situation over novel coronavirus continues to improve and it's the 1st time the number of active cases is under 8000, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said in a briefing following a session at the Commandant's Office, adding that the numbers come near to the situation there was at the end of May and beginning of June.

According to the PM, the declining numbers have created an impression among the public that the pandemic is already overcome, but it's not so.

''Yesterday we reported 288 new cases. This is a very low number compared with July numbers, but is still a big number and we can say that the situation over the pandemic remains complicated in Armenia and if we do not react adequately and make greater efforts, we can roll back the situation to the situation we had in the first week of July, which was the peak of the pandemic. Today we face the same dangers we faced in May'', ARMENPRESS reports the PM as saying.

According to PM Pashinyan, for preserving the positive dynamic, it's necessary to continue strictly preserving the rules.

''Among our anti-pandemic rules wearing of face masks is the central one in open and closed areas and we have to strictly respect this rule’'...