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    ARMENIAN HEALTH AUTHORITIES DENY ALLEGED CHOLERA OUTBREAK

    http://armenianow.com/society/health/48561/armenia_ministry_health_cholera_outbreak_refutatio n
    HEALTH | 18.09.13 | 13:13

    NAZIK ARMENAKYAN
    ArmeniaNow

    Armenia's Ministry of Health has issued an official statement refuting
    the report disseminated by one of the local media claiming a cholera
    outbreak in one of the country's provinces.

    Earlier, ilur.am published a report suggesting the disease outbreak
    in the villages of Oshakan, Voskevaz and Voskehat of the Aragatsotn
    region.

    "Not a single case of cholera has been registered in Armenia since
    1998," the Ministry said in the statement published on its official
    website.

    It added that as many as 54 cases of intestinal infection were
    registered in the mentioned community on August 28 and 29. All people
    with such symptoms were hospitalized and treated and local health
    specialists in Aragatsotn visited the households in the communities
    for inspection purposes and for conducting explanatory work among
    local residents about prevention of intestinal infections, it added.

    Data received as a result of epidemiological examination shows
    that the contagion was spread because of a one-time contamination
    of drinking water, said the Ministry, adding that on August 28 and
    during subsequent days laboratory analyses of drinking water from
    the communities did not reveal any pathogen germs.

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