Armenia shuts down entertainment venues due to coronavirus

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YEREVAN, MARCH 21, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, the superintendent of the state of emergency which is in force until April 14th due to the coronavirus, has ordered the shutdown of shopping centers, nightclubs, discos, casinos, bookmakers and movie theaters. The order is effective until April 14th. It does not cover restaurants.

Food and liquor stores will remain open.

The order is effective from March 22, 00:01.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

Emil Lazarian

“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