Doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat those still battling the infection, reporting some encouraging preliminary results, a Chinese professor said on Monday, according to Reuters.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved new excise rates on goods imported into Azerbaijan, APA reports.

150 people applied from Azerbaijan in connection with the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Armenian Police said acting on a statement by the head of Shengavit administrative district of Yerevan, they checked 21 kindergartens revealing that some of their heads used disappearing ink in documents registering the delivery of food for children, ARKA reports.

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order providing funding for the construction of Hajigabul-Mughan road in Hajigabul district.

Georgian film director and actor Giorgi Shengelaia has passed away at the age of 82, Vestnik Kavkaza reports citing Georgian media.

According to the Action Plan for 2020, construction work continues in military units.

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with European Commissioner for Trade Phil Hogan as part of his working visit to Brussels, AzerTag reports.

The volume of GDP produced in Azerbaijan amounted to AZN 6 520,2 mln. in January of this year, it increased by 2.4% in comparison to the same month of the previous year, APA-Economics reports citing State Statistics Committee.