''NEW CASES OF PLAGUE NOT LIKELY''

The rate of African plague has sharply gone down in the republic, Gevorg Tovmasyan, deputy head of veterinary inspection at the ministry of agriculture, told Panorama.am in a conversation. ''In two months in the region of Tavush only 1 or 2 cases were detected. That is why we may clearly say that new reports on the plague are unlikely,'' he said.

In the opinion of the specialist, quarantine was stopped in the regions of Tavush and Lory early this month. He said only 40 days after the last report it may be concluded that the disease has vanished. ''In any case all the neighboring countries take up precaution measures in the issues and it may be impossible to export for six month taking consideration the risk,'' Tovmasyan said.