Armenia removes age threshold for getting vaccinated with Sputnik V
YEREVAN, July 1. /ARKA/. Armenia's Ministry of Health said today it has removed the age threshold for people to get vaccinated with Russian Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccines.
"Starting July 1, both people in risk groups and persons aged 18 and older can be vaccinated with Sputnik V vaccine,' the ministry said, adding that vaccination in the country is not mandatory.
Until today Sputnik V vaccines were for people at risk: medical workers aged 18 to 54, chronic patients aged 18 to 54, residents of social care centers aged 18 to 54.
Vaccination is free of charge in clinics on all days of the week. There are also mobile vaccination points deployed in public places in Yerevan - on Northern Avenue, in the shopping centers Dalma Garden Mall and Megamall, also in Gyumri on Vardanants Square, in Vanadzor on Hayk Square and in Dilijan next to the mayor's office. Foreign citizens living in Armenia can also be vaccinated.
Armenian health authorities are using three types of vaccines: Sputnik-V (Russia), AstraZeneca (Britain) and CoronaVac / Sinovac (China). The government’s objective is to have between 600,000 and 700,000 people vaccinated within a year.
In the meantime, Armenian health officials have recorded 126 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, saying the total number of confirmed cases rose to 225,221 as of Thursday morning.
According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, three persons have died from Covid-19 during the past 24 hours. The total tally of such deaths is now 4,517.
Some 104 patients have recovered. Overall, 3,920 people have tested for the infection in the last 24 hours, it said. No persons with confirmed corona virus have died during that time span from other diseases. The number of such deaths is now 1,100.
In total, 1,188,992 coronavirus tests have been performed in the country of 3 million since March 1, 2020, when the first case was detected. Since then 216,882 patients have recovered, and 2,722 patients are being treated currently at hospitals and their homes.
On January 11, the government of Armenia extended the coronavirus quarantine for another six months until July 11, 2021. The nationwide quarantine was first imposed on September 11, 2020 replacing the state of emergency that was declared on March 16 to stop the spread of coronavirus. -0-
