QUARANTINE CONTINUES

Panorama.am
21:03 24/09/2007

"The quarantine in place in the provinces of Tavoush and Lori in the
battle against the spread of swine fever continues, yet new cases
have not turned up."

Thus was revealed to a panorama.am journalist by Grisha Baghyan,
head of the agriculture ministry’s food safety division.

Baghyan assures that the sick animals are being killed, while other
preventative measures are also being taken. He refutes information
that the disease has reached the village of Zoravank, in the province
of Gegharkunik. "We have sent experts to the village, and have found
nothing."

We remind that Zoravank borders Gegharkunik, and that swine fever
turned up there, after which 60 pigs were killed to stop the spread
of the disease. In all, 3,000 pigs have been done away with in the
republic since the outbreak began.