Norway to provide Armenia with Moderna Covid-19 vaccines
YEREVAN, October 19, /ARKA/. Norway will provide a significant amount of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to Armenia via the Team Europe initiative, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Armenia Helene Sand Andresen (residence in Tbilisi, Georgia), said October 18 as she presented the copies of her credentials to Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahe Gevorgyan.
Vahe Grigoryan congratulated Helene Sand Andresen upon assuming the responsible mission and expressed hope that the newly appointed Ambassador will contribute to the further strengthening of the Armenian-Norwegian friendly relations and the enhancement of the ongoing dialogue at different levels.
The interlocutors reiterated their mutual willingness to undertake steps towards activating political dialogue, developing mutually beneficial cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats, and fully realizing the existing potential․
During the conversation, Deputy Minister Vahe Gevorgyan presented the current situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In this context, the importance of a full resumption of the NK peace process under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship was highlighted.
According to Armenian Health Ministry, as of October 17, some 588,385 doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered in Armenia since the start of vaccination in mid-April. It said in a Facebook post that some 403,431 people received the first dose of the vaccine, and 184,954 received both doses.
On July 9, the government of Armenia extended the coronavirus quarantine for another six months until December 20, 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.
In Armenia, 5 types of Covid-19 vaccines are used now- CoronaVac and Sinofarm (China), AstraZeneka (Britain, Sweden), Sputnik V (Russia) and Spikevax (Moderna, USA). Vaccinations are free for people over 18 years old, including foreigners.-0-
