The government of Armenia has made a decision to place on quarantine all passengers of Rome-Yerevan flight arriving on Sunday. The decision was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, following three new confirmed coronavirus cases in the country among the passengers of the previous flight from Italy.

The charter flight in question is scheduled to arrive in Yerevan on March 15 financed by the Armenian government, Atlantis European Airways and Armenia International Airports. The Embassy of Armenia in Italy earlier launched a hotline, urging all its citizens in Italy to contact the Embassy for the swift facilitation of their return to Armenia.

The deputy prime minister also spoke of the necessity to introduce mechanisms for monitoring the passengers’ self-quarantine and raising its efficiency. The ministry of health along with the ministry of justice have been tasked with developing mechanisms for holding responsibility those who violate the advised 14-days of self-quarantine as soon as they arrive.

To note, Armenia has already ordered citizens returning from some countries in Asia and Europe to enter home quarantine for 14 days.