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#POISONING

Business

"Most likely fake": regulator comments on reports of poisoning in Russia with Armenian mineral water

Armenia's Food Safety Inspectorate said today that it has not received official information about the poisoning of a man in Russia's Vladikavkaz with Armenian mineral water "Jermuk".

13.02.2024, 15:42

Incidents

Some 14,875 emergencies reported in Armenia in 2021- ministry

Some 14,875 emergencies were reported to Armenia’s Emergency Situations Ministry in 2021, by 341 less than in 2020, the head of the National Crisis Management Center Arsen Mkrtchyan told a press conference on Wednesday, saying also that 11,435 emergencies were man-made, 604 were natural disasters and another 2,836 were of ‘social-economic’ nature.

02.02.2022, 17:04

Society

Regulator suspends operation of a children development center where 10 children were diagnosed with food poisoning

Armenia’s Food Safety Inspectorate has ordered a child development center in the capital Yerevan to suspend operation after revealing a string of sanitary and hygienic breaches.

12.11.2021, 14:02

Society

More than 30 residents of Armavir community get poisoned with drinking water

Armenian Ministry of Health said today that five of 31 residents in a community in Armavir province who had symptoms of intestinal diseases after drinking water, were hospitalized.

13.08.2021, 18:44

Incidents

Death toll from alcohol poisoning in Armenia grows to 19

Armenia's Health Ministry said today another man has died in the country's worst-ever alcohol poisoning, bringing the death toll to 19. Another 30 people got seriously ill after drinking home-made vodka.

10.09.2020, 17:45

Business

Glazed éclairs cause mass poisoning in two Armenian provinces

Armenia's Ministry of Health and the Food Safety Inspectorate said a total of 49 people were hospitalized after eating éclairs produced by Zeytun Sweet LLC.

06.02.2020, 17:46

Technology

In 2019 carbon monoxide poisoning incidents increased 1.3 times in Armenia

In 2019, the number of carbon monoxide poisoning cases in Armenia increased 1.3 times in comparison with 2018, the Ministry of Health said in a press release today.

06.02.2020, 17:17

Society

Nineteen children in Artashat taken to hospital with symptoms of food poisoning

Nineteen schoolchildren have been hospitalized from a secondary school in the town of Artashat in Ararat province with symptoms of food poisoning.

15.10.2019, 15:35

Society

Reported incidents of alcohol poisoning in Armenia are on the rise

Reported incidents of alcohol poisoning in Armenia are on the rise, a toxicologist Mikael Gabrielyan told journalists on Monday, attributing the rise to the large quantities of alcohol consumed by his fellow citizens, not to its quality.

18.03.2019, 15:38

Society

Increased poisoning cases in Armenia caused by low-quality food

A dramatic rise in the reported number of gastrointestinal diseases and poisonings in June, especially among children under 10 is caused by poor-quality food, Liana Torosyan, the head of a health ministry department overseeing especially dangerous and airborne infections, told a news conference today.

04.07.2018, 13:11

Society

Food and other poisoning cases increase during New Year holidays

Some 46 cases of food, alcohol and natural gas poisoning have been reported in Armenia from January 1 to January 15, the country’s chief toxicologist Mikael Gabrielyan revealed today, saying that the number was up from 31 such cases reported for the same time span of 2017.

15.01.2018, 16:20