10/03/2020 13:50
Two planes from coronavirus-hit Italy to arrive in Armenia today: necessary precautionary measures to be undertaken
A Ryanair flight from Milan will be the first flight to arrive from Italy to Armenia after the Italian authorities declared a nationwide lockdown in the COVID-19 outbreak.
Two planes are expected to arrive in Yerevan from Italy – one from Milan (Ryanair) at 13:10 and one from Rome (Ryanair) at 21:25, according to the Zvartnots airport’s schedule.
The Healthcare and Labor Inspection Agency, the government body tasked with screening and taking countermeasures against the coronavirus, told Armenpress that special precautionary measures will be taken at the airport. Arrivals will be maximally kept away from other passengers at the airport and everyone will be screened. The agency said they will give additional information about countermeasures soon.
Earlier today the Armenian Foreign Ministry issued a statement advising citizens to refrain from visiting Italy agreed with the spread of COVID-19 there.
Armenia’s Ministry of Health, in its turn, urged the citizens arriving from a number of coronavirus-hit countries, including Italy, self-quarantine and avoid contacts for 14 days.