October 31, 2003 - 20:04 AMT
SPECIALIST SAYS BREAKOUT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN YEREVAN CANNOT BE CALLED EPIDEMIC
The infectious diseases that broke out in Yerevan as result of the damage of the water-pipe in the Arabkir district of the Armenian capital city cannot be viewed as an epidemic, head physician of the Nork isolation hospital Ara Asoyan said. In his opinion, the number of the infected people will decrease within several days. At the same time, A. Asoyan informed that according to the morning data, 65 people, among them 53 children were brought to the hospital.