YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. More than 100 healthcare workers in Armenia will soon be awarded with commemorative medals and gratitude certificates by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the PM’s spokesperson Mane Gevorgyan told Armenpress, commenting on the open letter of the staff of the Nork Infectious Diseases Hospital addressed to the Prime Minister and the President.

The spokesperson said that among the medics to be awarded are also the representatives of the Nork Infectious Diseases Hospital.

She informed that the PM’s administration has received a proposal by the ministry of healthcare on awarding a group of medics for their efforts in fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “12 healthcare workers have been nominated for the state award on September 21, and more than 100 medics will soon be awarded with the prime minister’s commemorative medals and gratitude certificates”, the spokesperson said.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan