NEWS.am daily digest: 20.04.2020

Armenian News - NEWS.am presents a daily digest of top news as of 20.04.2020: COVID-19 IN ARMENIA https://news.am/eng/news/573566.html https://news.am/eng/news/573567.html https://news.am/eng/news/573627.html https://news.am/eng/news/573615.html https://news.am/eng/news/573537.html The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has reached 1,339 in Armenia, two more deaths reported. According to the latest data, 580 COVID-19 patients have recovered thus far, whereas 22 others have died. According to health ministry spokesperson Alina Nikoghosyan, the latest coronavirus casualties in Armenia were 62 and 90 years old. In the meantime, spokeswoman for Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia Arevik Khachatryan noted that an Armenian prosecutor has tested positive for COVID-19. According to her, the prosecutor is feeling well. By the way, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said during his live stream on Facebook that he has taken a coronavirus test for the third time and the result came negative. MOTHER WITH COVID-19 https://news.am/eng/news/573636.html The mother who recently gave birth to the child and was infected with COVID-19 has recovered and has tested negative for COVID-19, said Armenian deputy governor of Syunik Province Narek Babayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. “The mother and child are feeling very well. The child will be sent home after being tested in a couple of days,” he said. The woman gave birth to the child on April 16. ‘COVID-19’ FREE ZONE COUNTRY https://news.am/eng/news/573443.html With no recorded cases of coronavirus and all outstanding tests returning as negative, the Cook Islands government has declared the archipelago a "COVID-19" free zone, DW reported. The South Pacific island chain with a population of 17,000, is one of the first nations to declare itself such a zone. In March, when the first cases of this disease were reported in New Zealand, 3,000 km away, restrictions were imposed on the archipelago; but some of them have already been eased. EX-JUSTICE MINISTER DIES https://news.am/eng/news/573453.html Armenia’s former Minister of Justice Marat Aleksanyan has died at the age of 70 after a long and serious illness. From February 1996 to April 1998, Aleksanyan served as the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia (RA). By the decree of the President, he was awarded the high title of RA State Adviser of Justice. CANADA SHOOTING https://news.am/eng/news/573539.html The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) say 17 people are dead, including one of their officers in Canada after a man who wore a police uniform and drove a mock-up cruiser went on a rampage in one of the deadliest killing sprees in the country’s history, CBC News reported. Police said Sunday night the suspected shooter, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, was killed after being intercepted by officers in Enfield, Nova Scotia. NEWS.am-ը սոցիալական ցանցերում՝ Facebook - http://bit.ly/2KnWOhr Twitter - http://bit.ly/2x2ixml Instagram - http://bit.ly/2x2jefr NEWSam Style -