YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, ARMENPRESS: A person cannot be infected with AIDS with a needle. The Head of the AIDS Prevention Centre Janetta Petrosyan told Armenpress about it, touching about the spread news. The youth movement “We” spread a message, saying that a certain organization penetrated into Armenia, the members of which pierce people with HIV-infected needles in crowded areas to initiate the disease.

“It is impossible to infect with a needle, as the virus is unstable in the external environment and very quickly gets destroyed out of the human body. The amount of the virus on the needle cannot be enough to infect a human”, - said the Head of the AIDS Prevention Centre, adding that the external temperature and humidity contribute to the quick destruction of the virus out of a living cell. According to Janetta Petrosyan, no case on getting a needle pierce in the public places was registered at the AIDS Prevention Centre.