ARMENIAN MINISTRY LINKS SWINE FLUE DEATHS TO LATE MEDICAL AID
February 21, 2013 – 11:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – According to Haykakan Zhamanak daily, 4 swine flu
deaths have been reported in Armenia. Earlier the paper reported two
other death cases, caused by swine flue. However, pneumonia was later
reported as the cause of the death, perhaps accompanied by H1N1 virus.
In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, healthcare ministry
spokesman Anahit Haytayan said, 2 of the death cases were conditioned
by delay in medical assistance, with no information provided as to
other four cases.
Meanwhile, a monitoring has revealed that cases of acute respiratory
infections decreased in 2013, as compared with 2012.
From: A. Papazian
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