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To date, a total of 211 coronavirus tests have been performed in Armenia with only one positive result, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

The border checkpoints continue to be under toughened control, the ministry said. Currently, passengers arriving from Iran, Italy, China, Japan and South Korea are staying for 14 days under medical supervision regardless of their citizenship (France, Germany and Spain will be added to the list).

According to a government decision restricting Iran-Armenia border crossings, all trucks coming from the Meghri checkpoint have been escorted by police and regularly monitored by the ministry’s specialists.

According to the Health Ministry, a total of 857 drivers, including 228 Iranians, have been placed under medical control throughout Armenia, including at the State Revenue Committee's customs warehouses before their return home, while Armenian drivers have been placed under supervision according to their places of residence.

World Health Organization regional experts have arrived in Yerevan to carry out an assessment of hospital preparedness and laboratory research in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention has established an "Operational Call Center" at the following phone number: 060 83 83 00, which operates around the clock.

The death toll due to the deadly disease in China mounted to 3,123 on Monday. A total of 80,904 confirmed cases of the virus were reported in the country, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) reported.