Since the beginning of June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health have examined 545 people with acute intestinal infections for cholera, the causative agent of cholera has not been identified. As the Ministry of Health reported with reference to the Deputy Minister of Health – Chief State Sanitary Doctor Igor Kuzin, the department began enhanced epidemiological surveillance of cholera from June 1.
“This happens every summer, because this is a favorable time for the spread of this disease. In the first two weeks, out of 1,874 patients with acute intestinal infections, 545 people were examined for cholera. No cholera vibrios were found in those examined,” Kuzin said.
He said that since the beginning of June, more than 550 samples of fresh water, 47 samples of sea water and 215 samples of sewage have been examined, and no cholera vibrios were found according to the results of the studies.
CHOLERA, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE, MINISTRY HEALTH
