In the orphanage in Odessa region – an outbreak of hepatitis A

At the orphanage in Belgorod-Dnestrovsky of Odessa region recorded outbreak of hepatitis A. Nineteen children were hospitalized. About it reports a press-service of the Odessa regional state administration.

At this point the diagnosis was confirmed in three of 16 children remain under the supervision of doctors. Their condition is estimated as stable.

The Director of the health Department of the regional state administration Vyacheslav Polesny claims that the situation is not extraordinary. According to him, similar outbreaks of hepatitis A occur periodically in institutions where organized collective power.

Polesny said that to localize and eliminate the outbreak, the specialists conduct the complex of anti-epidemic measures. In particular, in the shelter of samples of drinking water taken hygienic swabs from environmental objects. For children who had contact with patients, established medical surveillance.

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