COVID-19: Around 800 people in Armenia receive booster shot

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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. Only around 800 people received a booster shot against COVID-19 in Armenia, Minister of Healthcare Anahit Avanesyan said at the Cabinet member.

“The vaccination process continues and is the most important measure for avoiding future new waves. We are actively working in terms of boosters. Around 800 people have received the booster shot already,” she said, calling on citizens to get the shot.

Speaking about the first and second dose vaccination figures, Avanesyan said that as of the latest data 943,377 people received the first dose while 711,864 people received the second dose in Armenia.

She said there’ve been 184,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in 2021, with nearly 40,000 patients being treated in hospitals. “This shows how overloaded the entire healthcare system worked,” Avanesyan said, thanking health workers for saving lives.

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS