Today I received a report regarding vaccinations, rules are not being followed in polyclinics, Pashinyan to Avanesyan
During today’s cabinet meeting, Acting Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan announced that the rate of coronavirus infections in Armenia has increased in recent days.
"This once again warns us that we need to pay more attention to accelerating the vaccination process," she noted.
Anahit Avanesyan reported that a total of 97,711 vaccinations have been administered in Armenia, of which 5,416 were completed yesterday.
"This is a rather good indicator, and we must maintain this pace. If two to three weeks ago we were administering up to 2,000 vaccinations, today an increase in the rate is already noticeable," the acting minister pointed out.
She reiterated that vaccinations in Armenia are free of charge, and each citizen decides which vaccine they wish to receive.
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan emphasized the importance of maintaining a daily vaccination rate of at least 5,000 doses.
"It is obvious that both in Armenia and around the world, trust in vaccinations is growing. During one of our closed-door discussions, Tigran Avinyan expressed a very good thought. We have not encountered any complications from vaccination cases in Armenia that could become a topic of discussion. We have no reported deaths associated with vaccination," Pashinyan stressed.
Addressing the vaccination process for foreigners in Armenia, Acting Minister Avanesyan mentioned that there are many foreigners who come to Armenia, and in order to avoid long queues, they have developed a new procedure.
"A new decision has been made that from now on, vaccinations in polyclinics will only be available to Armenian citizens, while vaccinations for foreigners will be conducted only at mobile units," Avanesyan informed.
Pashinyan also stated that he received a report today regarding vaccinations.
"There are queues in polyclinics, social distancing is not being maintained. This needs to be addressed. It would be very regrettable for us to have a rise in infection rates amid the vaccination frenzy, simply because medical institutions are not adhering to anti-epidemic rules," the acting prime minister concluded.