Under the decree of RA Education Minister Armen Ashotyan, schools and kindergartens will be closed from December 8 to 19. These measures were taken because of flu epidemic threat.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, meeting of Education and Health Ministers with RA Premier took place this morning. To date, three seasonal flu (influenza A) death cases are registered in Armenia. One woman and one man died of flu on Dec. 1 and 3 in “Armenia” and “Erebuni” medical centers.

The number of swine flu cases in Armenia reached 35.