According to the data of the second week of January 2025, an increase in activity caused by acute respiratory infections was recorded in Armenia. During the second week of January, 7,278 patients applied to primary health care organizations.
Aida Hovhannisyan, a doctor-epidemiologist of the Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases of the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia, Aida Hovhannisyan, said this in a conversation with "Armenpress", noting that this indicator is 2.6 times higher than the previous week, but compared to the same period of the year, it is still 1.3 times lower.
"The indicator caused by pneumonia is 3.1 times higher compared to the previous week, and 2.1 times higher compared to the same period last year.
I would like to mention that 71.1% of referrals due to acute respiratory infections are children aged 0-18, 66.3% of referrals due to pneumonia are also 0-18 years old. , 90.7 percent of which are children aged 0-18," said the specialist.
He noted that as of January 14, 544 patients were hospitalized with pneumonia, 63 percent of whom were children aged 0-18. 64 patients were hospitalized due to acute respiratory infections and pneumonia, 73 percent of whom were children aged 0-18. :
