27 NEW AIDS CASES RECORDED IN ARMENIA IN JAN-MAY 2006

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 10 2006

YEREVAN, July 10. /ARKA/. Twenty-seven new AIDS cases and 26 new HIV
cases were recorded in Armenia in January-May 2006. The RA Statistical
Service reports that one HIV-infected child under 14 was registered
during the period under review.

Twenty-one AIDS cases and 27 HIV cases were recorded during the
corresponding period of last year.

In May 2006 alone, seven new AIDS cases and 11 new HIV cases were
recorded in Armenia against 0 and 3 cases in May 2005. In May 2006,
one HIV-infected child under 14 was registered. P.T. -0–