Armenia is the most…?
"Armenia is perhaps the most prepared and I would say the most careful country in terms of around-the-clock on-duty service at the airports and all entrances into the country," said first RA Deputy Health Minister, chairman of the operative commission for the fight against the swine flu Hayk Darbinyan.
Let us remind that on June 11, the World Health Organization declared the swine flu as a pandemic and according to the organization's statistics, 71,000 people around the world have already contracted the flu.
According to the first Deputy Health Minister, on-duty service is around-the-clock at "Zvarfnots" airport and Armenia has all the necessary equipment, including equipment for measuring temperatures, which cost 12,000 dollars.
There are also many antiseptic materials. "Armenia has all the necessary means and is ready to fight the pandemic. We have nothing to fear and there has not been any registered case," said Hayk Darbinyan.
He called on citizens not to purchase the drug "Tamiflu" to fight the flu because the drug is used particularly for contagions and cannot be used for preventing a disease.
According to Hayk Darbinyan, the swine flu is cured faster and the death rate is lower than that for the usual flu.
However, this morning a person in Spain died from the H1N1 virus. A 20-year old girl fell victim to the flu and was transferred to the hospital in a critical state. She was 28 weeks pregnant, but her baby is fine. There are 542 people infected by the H1N1 virus and yesterday it was announced that 14 people were infected by the virus on a plane flying from Helsinki to St. Petersburg.
