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.
Armenian News
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