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Armenia enters “new phase” of COVID-19 pandemic response as businesses reopen

Restaurant worker in a mask sweeping up ahead of cafe reopening (Photo: Raffi Elliott)

YEREVAN—Most businesses across Armenia have been allowed to reopen on Monday as the country relaxes COVID-19 related lockdown measures even further. According to Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, who heads the anti-pandemic task force, large malls and shopping venues where people congregate in numbers will remain closed for the time being, as well as bars, nightclubs and some restaurants that do not offer outdoor seating. Schools and cultural sites will not reopen for the moment as well. Public transport, both within Yerevan and between cities, have not been given the go-ahead to resume operations either. 

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Raffi Elliott

Raffi Elliott is a Canadian-Armenian political risk analyst and journalist based in Yerevan, Armenia. A former correspondent and columnist for the Armenian Weekly, his focus is socioeconomic, political, business and diplomatic issues in Armenia.

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  1. surviving the pandemic requires each person to take seriously how deadly this virus is and to take personal responsibility to contain it by following all the quidelines in place and await with patience the reopening of businesses and a return to normal which will be different from that we have known. God bless armenia and the world as we move forward.

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