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"Nine children and six employees of the Marie Izmirlian Orphanage in Yerevan have tested positive for coronavirus," according to this article from Public Radio Armenia. The children who tested positive have been isolated inside the institution, which has been in quarantine since 27 February.
As part of the United Nations COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, $1 million USD has been allocated to Georgia to protect vulnerable groups, including children, from the shocks of the current pandemic, according to this media release. "A key area of the UN team’s support will be also to address the specific vulnerabilities of older people and support children as well as pregnant and nursing women, providing them with essential health services, education and child protection services including prevention of violence against children as well as risk communication…