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Two textile factories in Armenia’s second largest city Gyumri suspended on Monday operations, following the discovery of several cases of the novel coronavirus disease among their employees. As Governor of Shirak province Tigran Petrosyan told reporters at a briefing, the decision came when around 40 employees from both factories tested positive for the virus. In his words, one of the factories would be allowed to open in the coming days with due consideration of safety measures, while the second one will stay closed for two weeks. Currently, the employees of the both factories, around 400 people, are advised to self-isolate.

In the estimates of the province authorities, 490 cases of Covid-19 have been registered, 200 out of them have recovered. The Infectious Hospital in Gyumri which is specialized in treating coronavirus patients, serves some 70 patients as of June 10.

“We have some free beds in the hospital which is envisaged for urgent cases. Some 700 people throughout the province are self-isolated with 109 of them tested positive for Covid-19, however those patients are asymptomatic or developed mild symptoms,” Petrosyan said, adding Shirak province has the necessary resources to offer to the country for mitigating the coronavirus epidemic.

To date, ten cases of deaths have been registered in the province due to coronavirus. All the patients had chronic diseases, the governor said.