Health minister does not rule out weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated employees
Armenia's Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan doesn’t rule out the possibility of changing the frequency of the PCR test requirement for unvaccinated employees from the current twice-a-month to weekly, Armenpress news agency reports.
Speaking to reporters, Avanesyan stressed that the newly initiated requirement which came into effect October 1 is effective. The ministry is now looking into the experience of other countries.
Speaking about the pace of vaccinations, she said that around 17,000 people got the jab on October 15 alone. “This is a repeating figure. This high indicator was maintained over the past week and we expect that the number of people getting vaccinated will further increase next week,” she said.