Deputy Prime Minister: We intend to further strengthen cooperation  within the CIS in order to reliably ensure the  sanitary-epidemiological and financial-economic security of our  countries 

ArmInfo.Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan via videoconferencing took part in a meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government. The agenda of the meeting contained 15 issues, including a joint statement by the heads of  government of the CIS member states in connection with the spread of  a new coronavirus infection.  

In his speech, the Deputy Prime Minister, in particular, noted that  despite the fact that the meeting is being held remotely, there is a  sincere hope that in the near future, the situation with the pandemic  of a new coronovirus infection will radically change. <In a situation  where all countries of the world are facing challenges in connection  with a pandemic that does not recognize borders, the need to join  efforts is obvious. 

Another confirmation of the readiness of our countries to take the  necessary joint steps and give new impetus to multilateral  cooperation in order to eliminate the threat of coronavirus will be  appropriate.  In this regard, we consider it timely and appropriate  the initiative of our Russian friends to adopt the Statement of the  Heads of Government of the CIS in connection with the spread of a new  coronavirus infection. We are confident that the adoption of urgent  joint measures, including  economic and social ones, will make it  possible to advance in the fight against the pandemic and in  overcoming its consequences. 

Based on this, we intend to further strengthen cooperation within the  framework of the Commonwealth in order to reliably ensure the  sanitary-epidemiological and financial-economic security of our  countries, "said the Deputy Prime Minister, Press Service of  RA  Government reports.  

Mher Grigoryan said that as of today  there are 8676 cases of  coronavirus disease recorded in Armenia, 5214 patients are under  treatment, 3297 have recovered and 120 people died.  

<The quarantine measures taken by us during the state of emergency  allowed us to ensure the conditions for the functioning of the health  system in the normal mode. We also increased the resources of tests,  ventilators, medical masks, and organized the training of  specialists. Further, we went to the relief of the state of emergency  and allowed, in fact, all types of economic activity - subject to  strict adherence to the protocols, and in case of violation of them -  the application of severe penalties. In parallel, we have actually  implemented about 20 major support measures in the social sphere and  in the economic sector in particular in terms of providing additional  liquidity to business, and in this sense, I think that our measures  fully removed the one-time shock that occurred due to the  restriction>,  stated the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia.