ArmInfo. In the city of Sisian, Syunik region of Armenia, 296 cases of intestinal infection were detected. According to the press service of the Ministry of Health, in the period from May 9 to May 11, 2021, 13 residents turned to the Sisian Medical Center with symptoms of intestinal infectious diseases, 5 of whom were hospitalized.
As part of epidemiological studies, specialists from the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention on May 11 another 199 residents of the city diagnosed with symptoms of the disease. Most of the citizens had the same complaints: vomiting, diarrhea, weakness and fever up to 38 degrees.
On May 12, another 14 residents turned to the Sisian medical center with the same symptoms, after which another 70 cases of infection with intestinal infectious diseases were discovered.
In total, to date, 296 cases of the disease with symptoms characteristic of intestinal infections have been registered in the Sisian community. Moreover, the age of the 281st patient does not exceed 18 years, and only 15 people are persons of the older generation.