Type of Intervention: Executive Order
Sectors Involved: Education, Executive Office, Foreign Affairs, Health, Local Government, Military, Police and Interior Affairs, Social Services, Tourism
Intervention Categories: Legal and policy; Declaring state of emergency; Planning and strategy; Creation of or release of plans
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Government of Armenia/Coronavirus Response National Task Force
Overview: COVID-19 control tactics discussed in Government and Prime Minister instructed National Task Force to draft a Government Decision on extending the State of Emergency for 30 days through 15 May 2020
Full details here: https://covid19.gov.am/en
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Learning from other jurisdictions
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – government
Evidence/Justification: Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan gave updated COVID-19 statistics and information on infected patients’ health status.
Emergency Situation Commandant, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan recommended extending the state of emergency for 30 days and maintaining the nationwide lockdown.
The Prime Minister instructed the task force to draft a government decree on extending the state of emergency for 30 days through 15 May 2020.