Nagorno-Karabakh Government provided update on the day 222 under blockade.
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About 1,670 citizens have been deprived of the opportunity to receive necessary medical treatment due to the suspension of planned surgeries in all medical facilities of Artsakh increasing by about 30 cases in the last 3 days.
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As of today, 620 patients have been transferred from Artsakh to Armenia to receive appropriate medical care with the mediation and accompaniment of the International Committee of the Red Cross and another 70 accompanied by Russian peacekeepers to receive appropriate treatment. After being suspended for almost a month due to additional Azerbaijani obstacles to ICRC activities, the recently resumed transfers have been completely suspended for 10 days. And after resumption of ICRC operations along the Lachin Corridor on June 25, Azerbaijan suspended it again on July 10.
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Around 3,900 people, including 550 children, have been separated from their homes as a result of the blockade, however, some have already returned home with the assistance of the Red Cross and Russian peacekeepers.
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No citizen traveled freely along the Stepanakert-Goris highway (Lachin (Qashatagh) corridor), and the cases of two-way movement of people decreased by about 214 times, and only with the support of the Red Cross and RF peacekeepers (instead of 545,900 people in 222 days, 2,540 entry and exit. In the last 3 days, 0 cases of exit and entry of citizens were registered).
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Not a single vehicle of Artsakh citizens passed through the blocked road, and the movement of vehicles was almost 70 times less than it should have been without the blockade (instead of 204,240 2,923 vehicles entered and exited in 222 days, and that only by Red Cross and Russian peacekeepers). That means 0 entries and exits were recorded in the last 3 days.
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About 16 times fewer vital goods were imported by the Red Cross and Russian peacekeepers than should have been without the blockade (5.715 tons instead of about 88,800 tons in 222 days, 0 tons in the last 3 days).
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During the blockade, Azerbaijan completely or partially interrupted the sole gas supply into Artsakh for a total of 155 days and the electricity supply has been completely disrupted for 193 days. This has led to daily blackouts and additional emergency shutdowns, resulting in many facilities closing or curtailing operations.
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Since the blockade, 1,450 businesses (33.9% of the total number) have suspended their activities due to their inability to operate, while 2,827 businesses are operating partially. These partially operational businesses either have an insignificant share of production capacity or are receiving state support.
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An estimated 14,600 people (including state-supported temporary work placements and more than 80% of private sector workers) have lost jobs and sources of income as a result of the impact on the economy from the blockade and disruptions of vital infrastructure. Recently, the unemployment rate has been increasing rapidly.
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Construction work of 32.6 kilometres of roads, tens of kilometres of water lines, irrigation systems for thousands of hectares of land, 3,717 apartments, and more than 40 social and industrial infrastructures have been stopped.
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During the blockade, the economy of the Republic of Artsakh suffered a loss of around 422 million US dollars, leading to the decline of the predicted annual GDP index (903 million dollars) by more than 47 per cent.
