YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that he has come into contact few days ago with a person who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus on March 15^th.

The infected person is a resident of Meghri, one of the latest confirmed cases of COVID19 in Armenia.

Pashinyan and his family are self-quarantined in the government dacha in Sevan.

“We are still in Sevan, because the first time the reason of our self-quarantine was the Brazilian president, whose wife had a meeting with Anna. We were tested after finding out about this case, and the tests were negative. We are still self-quarantined, because today the novel coronavirus was diagnosed in a resident of Meghri, with whom I have had not very close contact during the campaigning for the constitutional referendum. I have been tested once again an hour ago, and the results will come back after midnight. In the event of a positive result me and my family will remain self-quarantined, and if the tests are negative I will return to Yerevan Monday morning,” Pashinyan said in a live Facebook broadcast.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan