Due to the blocking by Azerbaijan of the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia, scheduled surgeries continue to be suspended in the medical institutions under the authority of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia. This is reported by the Artsakh Ministry of Health.

13 children are in intensive care and neonatal wards in the “Arevik” medical unit. The health condition of the 4-month-old baby, who was diagnosed with Visceral Leishmaniasis, remains critical. Artsakh doctors provide the necessary medical care by consulting with RA specialists online.

At the “Republican Medical Center”, 9 patients are in the intensive care unit, 2 of them are in extremely serious condition, doctors are doing everything possible to stabilize the condition of the patients.

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan is taking all possible measures to properly overcome the situation created due to the blockade.

For the ninth day, Azerbaijan continues to keep the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia closed. On December 12, at 10:30 a.m., a group of Azerbaijanis closed the Shushi-Karin section of the Stepanakert-Goris highway, putting 120.000 residents of Artsakh under siege. 1100 civilians, including 270 minors, cannot return to Artsakh, some of them temporarily staying in Syunik marz. The transport connection of Lisagor, Mets Shen, Hin Shen, and Yegtsahogh villages of the Shushi region with the capital Stepanakert is interrupted. Since December 13, Azerbaijan also interrupted the gas supply of the Republic of Artsakh. The gas supply was restored on December 16.