Armenia facing increased demand for face shieldsNovember 9, 2009 - 19:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - People in Yerevan are concerned over rumors on incidences of "swine flu" in Armenia."Over the past 5 days, there has been increased demand for face shields. Since afternoon, we have sold 150-200 blocking masks which cost AMD 80," employer of Farmex drug-store told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Liana Torosyan, chief specialist at Health Ministry's Hygienic and Anti-Epidemic Inspection, announced earlier that "One patient in Armenia is currently suspected to have A/H1N1 (swine flu), and we have sent his analysis sample to London laboratory." There have been no official reports on swine flu incidences in the country for now. Nevertheless, World Health Organization will provide Armenia with relevant vaccines in January 2010. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |