Only Essential Services, Shops, and Pharmacies Will Operate for 7 Days

On March 24, a regular meeting of the commandant's office was held under the chairmanship of Armenian Commandant Tigran Avinyan. Tigran Avinyan stated, "Hello, dear colleagues, as you are aware, today we will discuss restrictions on certain types of economic activity, which the Prime Minister announced yesterday. After this discussion, a clear list will be published.

I want to inform you that for seven days, only essential services, shops, and pharmacies will be allowed to operate. I would also like to communicate that the measures we have implemented up to this stage have been effective, and the aim of transitioning to a stricter regime for seven days is to continue maintain control and to further develop the mechanisms that will allow us to identify and prevent transmission chains of the virus.

Consequently, I also want to inform you that there will be mobility restrictions for citizens of the Republic of Armenia, and we must do our best to maintain a self-isolation regime over the next seven days. For this reason, after the publication of this list, we will introduce new mechanisms that will allow us to limit citizens' movement throughout the Republic of Armenia as much as possible. We will call on our citizens to remain self-isolated so that we have time to modernize our tools and continue an effective fight against coronavirus.

The participants of the meeting discussed in detail the issues related to the restrictions on economic activity, preventive ongoing measures, and upcoming tasks.