The Ministry of Health does not have access to a large area of endemically significant cholera regions due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This was announced by the Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko on the Ukrainian telethon, adding that in the south there are endemic regions,
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“We have endemic regions for cholera. It is the South of our country. And today it is not only that it is endemic, that is, there the circulation of the cholera pathogen is almost always in these regions,” Lyashko said.
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According to him, last week there were 600 studies of water from surface water of toxigenic strains.
“That is, strains that can cause cholera – have not been identified. But our monitoring is intensified in those places where we can do it, because a large area of endemically important regions of cholera, we unfortunately do not have access due to a full-scale invasion of Russia, inhumane acts, checkpoints, “Lyashko said.
Lyashko noted that about one and a half thousand samples of biological material taken from people suffering from acute intestinal infections were tested last week.
“A study of cholera among them was conducted in 611 patients. No case of cholera has been confirmed. The surveillance system is working. The network of health care facilities of infectious profile is also preparing for the potential admission of patients with acute intestinal infectious diseases. Including cholera, but we we all understand the conditions in which both hospitals and doctors have to work exactly where active hostilities take place, “Lyashko said.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) confirms the risks of cholera in Mariupol, the region has created stocks of drugs for treatment and vaccination.
Kyivvodokanal denied the information that tap water can be dangerous due to the presence of cholera in it.
Earlier it was reported that no cases of cholera were detected in Ukraine.
Source: Ukrgate
