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Armenian health authorities warn tourists heading to Georgia against
catching measles
YEREVAN, June 14. /ARKA/. Armenian medical authorities said no cases
of measles were reported in the country, but warned the citizens
planning to spend their vacations in the neighboring Georgia, against
the threat of catching the disease.
Gayane Sahakyan, head of the national public immunization program of
the ministry of health, told ARKA the epidemiological situation was
under control and no cases of imported disease were reported.
According to the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health
of Georgia, the number of people infected with measles reached 4,611
people, of which 1,308 were hospitalized because of complications.
An 11-month child was reported to have died of the illness.
Sahakyan said people older than 34 planning to spend vacations in
Georgia are at risk. A massive vaccination of Armenian citizens in
2007 involved citizens of up to 28 years, she explained.
"We advise all travelers to be vaccinated against measles at least
four weeks before the trip," she said.
Ms. Sahakyan denied rumors that all people crossing the border from
Georgia into Armenia are subject to mandatory vaccination against
measles , saying the authorities have only stepped up control for
early detection of persons with symptoms of the disease to prevent its
spread.
Measles (also known as rubeola is an infection of the respiratory
system caused by avirus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus
Morbillivirus.
Morbilliviruses, like other paramyxoviruses, are enveloped,
single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses. Symptoms include fever,
cough, runny nose, red eyes and a generalized, maculopapular,
erythematous rash. Measles is spread through respiration (contact with
fluids from an infected person's nose and mouth, either directly or
through aerosol transmission), and is highly contagious - 90% of people
without immunity sharing living space with an infected person will
catch it. -0-
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catching measles
YEREVAN, June 14. /ARKA/. Armenian medical authorities said no cases
of measles were reported in the country, but warned the citizens
planning to spend their vacations in the neighboring Georgia, against
the threat of catching the disease.
Gayane Sahakyan, head of the national public immunization program of
the ministry of health, told ARKA the epidemiological situation was
under control and no cases of imported disease were reported.
According to the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health
of Georgia, the number of people infected with measles reached 4,611
people, of which 1,308 were hospitalized because of complications.
An 11-month child was reported to have died of the illness.
Sahakyan said people older than 34 planning to spend vacations in
Georgia are at risk. A massive vaccination of Armenian citizens in
2007 involved citizens of up to 28 years, she explained.
"We advise all travelers to be vaccinated against measles at least
four weeks before the trip," she said.
Ms. Sahakyan denied rumors that all people crossing the border from
Georgia into Armenia are subject to mandatory vaccination against
measles , saying the authorities have only stepped up control for
early detection of persons with symptoms of the disease to prevent its
spread.
Measles (also known as rubeola is an infection of the respiratory
system caused by avirus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus
Morbillivirus.
Morbilliviruses, like other paramyxoviruses, are enveloped,
single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses. Symptoms include fever,
cough, runny nose, red eyes and a generalized, maculopapular,
erythematous rash. Measles is spread through respiration (contact with
fluids from an infected person's nose and mouth, either directly or
through aerosol transmission), and is highly contagious - 90% of people
without immunity sharing living space with an infected person will
catch it. -0-
- See more at: http://arka.am/en/news/society/armenian_health_authorities_warn_tourists_heading_ to_georgia_against_catching_measles/#sthash.5w2MWRQT.dpuf