Inoculations continuing

Head of the national program to protect the immune system, Gayane Sahakyan, told a Panorama.am journalist that the initial stages had been completed in inoculating measles and German measles, and that the second stage has begun. Those who were out of the country or for other reasons weren’t inoculated can be inoculated during the coming 2-3 weeks, in other words, until the end of October.

According to the program’s director, 96% of those eligible for the program (ages 6-27)were inoculated between October 1-13. This group is made up of one million, 200 thousand individuals. In Sahakyan’s words, reaching this many of the population demonstrates the program’s success.

We remind that those with AIDS, cancer, blood diseases, are pregnant, or have a temperature of over 39.5 degrees cannot be inoculated.

In 2006-2007, 137 individuals were sick with measles in Armenia (4.3 persons per 100,000, according to hospital statistics), while 13,800 came down with German measles (428.9 individuals per 100,000).