Two people suspected with coronavirus infection were received at the infectious diseases department of the first Clinical Medical Center in Baku on Feb. 24, Trend reports.

There are currently no cases of coronavirus infection in Azerbaijan, WHO Country Office in Azerbaijan said in the statement, Trend reports on Feb. 24.

The issue related to coronavirus is on the international agenda, and in this regard, Azerbaijan is seriously studying WHO recommendations and taking the necessary measures, Assistant of the President of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev, told reporters in Baku, Trend reports Feb. 24.

The results of analyzes of two Azerbaijani students (born in 1997) studying in Chinese Guangzhou city, which were conducted at Baku’s Clinical Medical Center upon their arrival in Baku on suspicion of being infected with coronavirus, were negative.

One person who remained in the Department of Infectious Diseases of Baku’s Clinical Medical Center on suspicion of being infected coronavirus was discharged, said the joint statement of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Health and the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance, Trend reports on Feb. 12.

Twelve people who arrived from those Chinese cities where the outbreak of coronavirus was observed have been placed in a special medical facility in Baku, a joint statement made by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Health and the State Agency for Compulsory Medical Insurance reads, Trend reports.

There are three people in quarantine in the division of infectious diseases of the Azerbaijani Clinical Medical Center, Trend reports referring to a joint statement made by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Health and the State Agency for Compulsory Medical Insurance.

Six people are under medical supervision at the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Baku's Clinical Medical Center, the press services of the Azerbaijan's Ministry of Health and the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance said in a joint statement, Trend reports on Feb. 6.

The number of people suspected of having coronavirus and placed under quarantine in the department of infectious diseases of the Clinical Medical Center No. 1 in Baku has reached seven, Trend reports referring to a joint statement by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Healthcare and the State Agency for Compulsory Medical Insurance Feb. 5.

Chinese citizen Zhenghai Liu Yousha, kept in quarantine due to suspected coronavirus infection, has been discharged from Clinical Medical Center in Baku, Trend reports.

After conducting appropriate checks, in order to monitor the Azerbaijani students who arrived from China’s Wuhan city, where the coronavirus was first detected, a special medical facility was set up at the border checkpoint, Trend reports on Jan. 31.

A meeting has been held in the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers on the instruction of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, dedicated to preventive measures against the coronavirus outbreak announced by the World Health Organization and the Chinese government, spread in China’s Wuhan city and recorded in other parts of the world, Trend reports referring to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified bird flu of high pathogenicity in Poland’s Lublinsk and Velikopolsk administrative provinces, Trend reports via Azerbaijan’s Food Safety Agency.

For centuries, lack of sleep was considered to lead to stress and anxiety, poor memory and various illnesses. Even nowadays, many people tend to believe that the more hours of sleep you have the better. However, numerous studies prove that both lack of sleep and oversleeping can result in body disorders.

Turkey will assign medical staff to Turkish diagnostic centers in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, Minister of Health of Turkey Fahrettin Koja said, Trend reports citing Turkish media.

Azerbaijan’s mandatory health insurance system will cover about 2.2 million people in 20 northern regions of the country at the first stage.

It is impossible to imagine the modern world without computers, information technology, and the Internet. They have already managed to become a huge part of each person’s life. With that being said, it is no coincidence that social media is also becoming ever so popular.

Azerbaijani State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance is implementing a project to standardize laboratories in the state health facilities working on mandatory health insurance, Trend reports referring to the Agency.

The system of compulsory medical insurance in Azerbaijan will start operating Jan. 1 next year, the country’s Deputy Healthcare Minister Elsevar Agayev said, Trend reports Nov. 6.

Azerbaijani Ministry of Healthcare has prepared proposals to simplify the registration of imported medicines and customs procedures, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Healthcare Elsevar Aghayev told reporters, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan International Medical Innovations Exhibition and Forum Medinex will create an opportunity to review the global development trends in the field of healthcare, present the products and services, meet with potential partners and strengthen the existing ties, head of the project Anar Valiyev told Trend at the press-conference in Baku.

Since 2016, Azerbaijan has been preparing for the introduction of compulsory health insurance that will be applied in January 2020.

Unawareness of the citizens and lack of educational works may cause serious problems in the insurance market of every country.

Drug addiction in Azerbaijan has recently slightly increased, which negatively affects the youth. The government has begun the new stage in the process of taking comprehensive steps to tackle this serious disease among the population.

Dire need in health insurance in the case of expensive medical service is severe issue which settlement is already underway.