Some employees of Protection Division of "Vardashen" Penitentiary Institution diagnosed with COVID-19, had no contact with persons being kept at Penitentiary Institution

Sampling for coronavirus testing has been carried out at “Vardashen” Penitentiary Institution of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, and as a result, one of the employees of the Protection Division of “Vardashen” Penitentiary Institution has been diagnosed with COVID-19. After the necessary and operational activities were implemented, four employees of the above-mentioned Division were also diagnosed with COVID-19. All five employees have been isolated in medical institutions. We would like to add that the above-mentioned employees are performing their duties outside the residential area of the Penitentiary Institution and have no contact with the detainees and convicts. The other employees of the Protection Division of “Vardashen” Penitentiary Institution of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia — twenty-eight persons, have also been isolated; sampling is being carried out.

Penitentiary institutions continue to carry out the necessary anti-epidemic and preventive measures.