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ARMENIA MOVES AGAINST MENINGITIS OUTBREAK - PERHAPS TOO AGGRESSIVELY
Transitions online, Czech Rep.
July 11 2014
Though denying an epidemic in the capital Yerevan, Armenian authorities
are taking steps to prevent a meningitis outbreak, even as many
question whether they're overreacting, ArmeniaNow.com reports.
Already this year, 90 cases of meningitis have been reported, or
30 more than in 2013, according to the Health Ministry. And some
kindergartens are under temporary quarantine.
Gayane Sahakyan, head of the Health Ministry's immunization program,
said hospitals and schools are stepping up efforts to prevent the
spread of the potentially life-threatening disease. If two cases are
reported at the same kindergarten, inspections are carried out and,
in some cases, parents are asked to keep their children home.
But the municipality of Yerevan says the government might be causing
a panic for no reason, according to ArmeniaNow.com. Even some parents
say the government is over reacting.
"I don't understand why they make all parents keep their children at
home?" says a parent whose child attends a kindergarten under 10-day
quarantine. "Let only the sick children stay at home, as working
parents do not know what to do."
http://www.tol.org/client/article/24379-torture-abductions-in-eastern-ukraine-pilot-caught-in-ukraine-russia-standoff.html
Transitions online, Czech Rep.
July 11 2014
Though denying an epidemic in the capital Yerevan, Armenian authorities
are taking steps to prevent a meningitis outbreak, even as many
question whether they're overreacting, ArmeniaNow.com reports.
Already this year, 90 cases of meningitis have been reported, or
30 more than in 2013, according to the Health Ministry. And some
kindergartens are under temporary quarantine.
Gayane Sahakyan, head of the Health Ministry's immunization program,
said hospitals and schools are stepping up efforts to prevent the
spread of the potentially life-threatening disease. If two cases are
reported at the same kindergarten, inspections are carried out and,
in some cases, parents are asked to keep their children home.
But the municipality of Yerevan says the government might be causing
a panic for no reason, according to ArmeniaNow.com. Even some parents
say the government is over reacting.
"I don't understand why they make all parents keep their children at
home?" says a parent whose child attends a kindergarten under 10-day
quarantine. "Let only the sick children stay at home, as working
parents do not know what to do."
http://www.tol.org/client/article/24379-torture-abductions-in-eastern-ukraine-pilot-caught-in-ukraine-russia-standoff.html