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  • Armenia confirms 11 cases

    Public Radio of Armenia/ The number of swine flu cases in Armenia has reached 11, Assistant to the Minister of Health Shushan Hunanyan told ?Radiolur.? The number of persons infected with H1N1 virus increased from 6 to 11 within a day.

    Shushan Hakobyan noted that one of the infected persons is a driver transporting passengers from the airport. The four others are members of the same family. One of the family members arrived in Armenia from Omsk. The laboratory testing confirmed the swine flu virus. Within three days the citizen infected three other members of his family.

    Yesterday the patients were taken to Nork Infection Clinic with H1N1 symptoms.

    Currently the number of swine flu cases in Armenia is 11. Three patients have already been discharged from hospital. Specialists assess the condition of the other eight as satisfactory.

    Three out of 11 infected persons are from Russia, two ? from Iran, one ? from Turkey, the rest are citizens of the Republic of Armenia.

    The situation in the region is much more complicated. The number of swine flu cases has reached 58 in Georgia, 14 cases have been confirmed in Azerbaijan. The number of swine flu cases in Turkey totals 145.


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