YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. Aesthetic surgery, dentistry are among the main directions of medical tourism in Armenia. However, recently another direction has also been revealed – the vaccinations against COVID-19, Deputy Minister of Healthcare Gevorg Simoyan told Armenpress.

“The number of foreigners arriving in Armenia for COVID-19 vaccination is quite high, and our recent change has played a big role. Their mandatory stay here for 10 days boosts tourism in general because the tour companies have prepared 10-day packages so that the vaccination will be carried out on the last, the 10^th, day”, he said.

According to him, hematology and oncology are among the directions which are currently at a development stage, for which a certain base is collected so that they can present to international partners.

“We already have a successful experience in this direction as allogeneic bone marrow transplantation has been conducted in Armenia for the first time”, he said.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan