In the Kemerovo region, 46 people were taken to clinics due to an outbreak of influenza A at the Prokopyevsky boarding house for citizens with mental disorders. About this write “News”.
Let us remind you that during the New Year holidays, 9 babies died at the Novokuznetsk maternity hospital. The Regional Investigation Committee prosecuted the criminal case under two articles: Part 3 Art. Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing death by negligence) and Part 3 of Art. 293 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence).
According to the source, a group infected with influenza A virus was recorded from January 23 to 24.
The newspaper's interlocutor clarified that the virus was confirmed in the laboratory in 16 people. They were taken to Novokuznetsk City Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital.
The source said that 30 other people were hospitalized at Prokopyevsk hospital, including 2 people in serious condition, the remaining 28 people in moderate condition.
Epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko believes that the sharp increase in the incidence of influenza and ARVI in Russia will end in 7 to 9 weeks.
According to him, the main cause of the outbreak is the end of the Tet holiday and students returning to school, actively contributing to the transmission of the virus.
The ARVI epidemic broke out strongly in Russia after the Tet holiday
It was previously reported that in August 2020, an outbreak of acute respiratory infections caused by the Corona virus broke out at a boarding house for the elderly and disabled in Kemerovo.
A total of 332 people lived in the boarding school. In early August, 40 of them were diagnosed with Corona virus.
