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FLU CONCERNS: AUTHORITIES EXTEND SCHOOL VACATION AMID URI OUTBREAK
HEALTH | 24.03.15 | 14:43
Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Authorities in Armenia extended the spring school vacation for one
more week after a drastic increase in cases of upper respiratory
tract infections (URI) and flu last week, hoping that the curve of
illnesses will go down.
Head of the Armenian Health Ministry's Division of Epidemiology Liana
Torosyan told reporters still last week that results of epidemiologic
analysis show that cases of respiratory infections in the country
exceeded the epidemiological threshold by 1.5 times.
According to Torosyan, analysis shows that almost 80 percent of cases
were registered among the 0-18 age range.
The Ministry of Health said that 5,800 cases of respiratory infections
were registered within the last two weeks, as compared to 5,600 cases
of the same period of last year. Currently 570 patients are receiving
medical treatment. As many as 160 cases of pneumonia were registered,
120 among them - young children.
"This was the reason that we considered the alert and analyzed the
epidemiological state of the region and extended school vacations,"
Torosyan said.
And although on Tuesday there was information about kindergartens
closing down as well, the Yerevan municipality denied this information
saying that at the moment there is nothing disturbing in kindergartens.
"I officially say that no kindergarten under Yerevan municipality
is closed, they all function. If there appear disturbing factors,
we are ready to temporarily cease the activity of some kindergartens,
however the number of children absentees is minimal, there are even
more absences in times of no diseases than now," Yerevan Municipality
Information Department head Artur Gevorgyan told ArmeniaNow.
Still on Monday Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan said that in order to
keep the situation under constant control daily control is carried
out on the spot and if in any kindergarten growth of illnesses-caused
absences of children are registered, then we will take up measures
to temporarily cease the given kindergarten's activities.
"In response to opinions about closing kindergartens for a week
I must say that the majority of parents of around 30,000 children
attending those institutions are working and this way we create extra
inconveniences for those people, which, naturally, is unfortunate,"
Mayor Margaryan stressed.
http://armenianow.com/society/health/61722/armenia_flu_health_public_schools
HEALTH | 24.03.15 | 14:43
Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Authorities in Armenia extended the spring school vacation for one
more week after a drastic increase in cases of upper respiratory
tract infections (URI) and flu last week, hoping that the curve of
illnesses will go down.
Head of the Armenian Health Ministry's Division of Epidemiology Liana
Torosyan told reporters still last week that results of epidemiologic
analysis show that cases of respiratory infections in the country
exceeded the epidemiological threshold by 1.5 times.
According to Torosyan, analysis shows that almost 80 percent of cases
were registered among the 0-18 age range.
The Ministry of Health said that 5,800 cases of respiratory infections
were registered within the last two weeks, as compared to 5,600 cases
of the same period of last year. Currently 570 patients are receiving
medical treatment. As many as 160 cases of pneumonia were registered,
120 among them - young children.
"This was the reason that we considered the alert and analyzed the
epidemiological state of the region and extended school vacations,"
Torosyan said.
And although on Tuesday there was information about kindergartens
closing down as well, the Yerevan municipality denied this information
saying that at the moment there is nothing disturbing in kindergartens.
"I officially say that no kindergarten under Yerevan municipality
is closed, they all function. If there appear disturbing factors,
we are ready to temporarily cease the activity of some kindergartens,
however the number of children absentees is minimal, there are even
more absences in times of no diseases than now," Yerevan Municipality
Information Department head Artur Gevorgyan told ArmeniaNow.
Still on Monday Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan said that in order to
keep the situation under constant control daily control is carried
out on the spot and if in any kindergarten growth of illnesses-caused
absences of children are registered, then we will take up measures
to temporarily cease the given kindergarten's activities.
"In response to opinions about closing kindergartens for a week
I must say that the majority of parents of around 30,000 children
attending those institutions are working and this way we create extra
inconveniences for those people, which, naturally, is unfortunate,"
Mayor Margaryan stressed.
http://armenianow.com/society/health/61722/armenia_flu_health_public_schools