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As of April 1st, 13,498 people have been confirmed as having died after testing positive for the coronavirus in Sweden (up from13,465 on March 31st). The increase is not all from the past 24 hours, due to a delay in how the regions report their data. Sweden updates its data Tuesday-Friday at 2pm, but will not give an update on Good Friday, April 2nd.
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A scene from Homeland Salvation Movement’s protest in Yerevan on Feb. 25
International calls for restraint and calm in the wake of Armenia’s military brass demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation continued throughout Thursday with the United States, the European Union, NATO as well as the OSCE weighing in on the matter.
The State Department on Thursday afternoon called for restrain and respect for rule of law.
“We urge all parties to exercise restraint and to avoid any escalatory or violent actions. We remind all parties of the bedrock democratic principle that state’s armed forces should not intervene in domestic politics,” said State Department spokesperson Ned Price in comments to the press, which were posted on the department’s official Twitter account.