Anahit Avanesyan States Vaccinated Citizens No Longer Pose a Risk of Infection After Seven Days

During a Q&A session with the government in the National Assembly, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan answered a question from Gegham Nazaryan, a member of the 'Armenia' alliance, regarding the COVID-19 fatalities. He noted that over 8,000 deaths had been recorded and questioned whether the government and the health ministry had made efforts to analyze how many lives mask-wearing saved.

Nazaryan asked whether vaccines in Armenia had undergone studies and why the isolation period was reduced from two weeks to one. Avanesyan responded that not only in Armenia, but also globally, experiences are being summarized. She cited several articles claiming that masks are a preventive measure and play a vital role in the spread of infection.

"Armenia has been very flexible in its policy to combat COVID-19, based on all available evidence, and has had a very balanced approach," she stated.

She noted that all vaccines had passed three phases of scrutiny, and all vaccines in Armenia meet these standards. Regarding the issue of incapacity certificates, the minister mentioned that vaccinated citizens do not pose a contagion risk seven days after vaccination.

"At this moment, all evidence indicates that vaccinated citizens no longer pose a risk of infection seven days later. This is directed at preventing unnecessary self-isolation of citizens and protecting them from the risk of infecting others," she said.

Nazaryan also raised a question about the significance of the side-by-side beds set up in the Sports and Concert Complex in March 2020 and the active dissemination of photographs. The minister did not have the opportunity to address that question.