Number of intestinal diseases increased by 5 times in Armenia

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. Number of intestinal diseases increased by 5 times as compared with last year in Armenia. Liana Torosyan, chief specialist atHealth Ministry'sHygienic and Anti-Epidemic Inspection, told about the aforementioned, as “Armenpress” reports.

According to her, food was the main cause of diseases; there were also water poisoning cases.

The patient and the bacillus carrier form the dysentery infection source and the most common way of transmission of infection is to transmit it by hands.” According to the World Health Organization, 40-80 percent of infection transmissions happen by means of hands,” She said emphasizing that each person should follow hand hygiene regardless of age and sex.