CRIMINAL CASE INITIATED ON MASS INFECTION IN LORI OF ARMENIA
ARKA
Oct 29, 2008
YEREVAN, October 29. /ARKA/. Criminal proceedings have been instituted
on the fact of mass infection among residents of Lori region, Armenia,
the press service of the country’s Prosecutor General Office reported.
In the period from October 18 to October 28, 341 residents of Lori
region consulted a doctor with signs of gastrointestinal diseases,
says the report.
On October 28, after studying the infection cases over the average,
the regional prosecutor initiated a criminal case.
The charge is the violation of the sanitary and epidemiological
rules, which, due to carelessness, caused mass infection among
people, the press service reported. The criminal case is directed
to the investigation department of the Police of Lori region for
prejudicial inquiry.
Examination is to be made to find out the infection source. The
prejudicial inquiry department is instructed to detect and make
answerable all officials whose actions or failure to act resulted
in mass infection in Vanadzor and Alaverdy cities, the press service
reported.
No fatal cases are recorded as a result of the infection; all the
patients are under medical surveillance. By October 28 about 100
patients in satisfactory health condition had been discharged from
hospital, says the report.