TO GO WITH AFP STORY: CONFLICT ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN KARABAKH HEALTH VIRUS by Emmanuel Peuchot
Doctor Lucine Tovmasyan (L) prepares to swabb the nose of an elderly woman as she adminsters a novel coronavirus Covid-19 test in the city of Stepanakert on October 23, 2020, during the ongoing fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. - Two ceasefire bids have already failed in the month of fighting with Armenia acknowledging that Azerbaijan has made military gains on the ground of Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan that is controlled by Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)