First swine flu death in Armenia? - actual cause not clear yet, chief infectiologist says

A/H1N1 cases in Armenia have reached 25. 23 patients have been discharged from hospital, 2 others are being treated in Nork infection clinic, chief infectiologist Ara Asoyan told Panorama.am.

The specialist assessed their condition as moderate and said they will soon be discharged.

A. Asoyan referred to the death case as a man with flu symptoms died Friday. According to him, the actual cause of his death is not clear yet.

“The patient went to a doctor on the 8th or 9th day of his illness. I may be mistaken to say, swine flu was the cause of his death. To find out the actual cause, examination is required. Only in this case we can make diagnosis,” Asoyan said.

The infectiologist said the examination results will be ready in three weeks only. Thus, only three weeks later we can state whether a swine flu death case has been registered in the country or not. By that time, he added, there is no need to panic.