YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The World Health Organization experts who recently arrived in Armenia estimated positively the possibilities of founding a laboratory for diagnosis of the avian influenza in the counrty. Irina Papiyeva, the coordinator of the "Strengthening of the health care system of Armenia to improve its readiness to counteract bird and man's influenza" program of the WHO Armenian Office, stated the Noyan Tapan correspondent about it. In her words, the laboratory, which will be of second degree, will be founded at the RA Health Care Ministry's Center for Preventing Infection Disease. To recap, the Government of Austria allocated 200 thousand evros to the RA Government to creat a similar laboratory in Armenia. The program coordinator mentioned that equipment necessary for the laboratory will be got during the coming 3 months. Besides, specialists working in the laboratory will be re-trained. At the same time, I.Papiyeva mentioned that the second degree laboratory may not implement final diagnosis of the avian influenza. In her words, European countries address to the London "New Hill" laboratory for final diagnosis of the avian influenza.

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