NO PANIC, HEALTH MINISTER SAYS
news.am
Nov 10 2009
Armenia
Do not spread panic, just be cautious. The situation is under
control in Armenia," RA Minister of Health Harutyun Kushkyan stated,
addressing the public. According to him, Armenia has laboratories
for identifying the A/H1N1 virus, as well as sufficient amount of
medicines for swine flue.
The Minister said that the Armenian companies importing medicines are
ready to import the necessary amount of vaccines, as the World Health
Organization promised vaccines to Armenia next year. "The Ministry of
Health is negotiating with the WHO for changing the terms of supply,
as the first swine flue cases have been registered in Armenia,"
Kushkyan said. The Minister said that special vaccines, with minimum
side effects, will be purchased for children.
As regards the swine flue cases registered in Armenia, the Minister
pointed out that lab tests of two Armenian and one Iranian citizen have
proved positive. The Iranian citizen later left Armenia, but the two
Armenian citizens are still in hospital and will be discharged in two
or three days. Kushkyan pointed out that the patients’ tests have been
sent to London, but the final results will be available in a month.