The number of coronavirus outbreaks has increased in Crimea
In Crimea, the number of people infected with the new type of coronavirus has increased by seven people. Thus, 14 infected people have already been identified.
The head of the Crimean division of Rospotrebnadzor, Natalya Penkovskaya, stated this at a meeting of the headquarters for combating coronavirus, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Penkovskaya, all cases in Crimea were imported from outside. The last seven are members of a family who traveled on a cruise ship.
“Without primary signs that could themselves be sources of spread of infection if they were not themselves isolated, hospitalized and sent for medical observation and provision of necessary medical care...
Of the 14 sick people, 71% are people who traveled on one cruise ship - “Bellissimo”... Today, all cases that are registered on the territory of the Republic of Crimea are imported cases, these are family outbreaks. To date, we have registered seven outbreaks, these are family outbreaks.
Of these, in three cases out of seven outbreaks they were not reported and were not placed under medical supervision. In fact, the concealment was of data about being abroad. And only when the first cases sought medical help were they identified and placed under observation,” Penkovskaya said.
When interviewing newly infected people, 26 people were identified who had contact with them, of whom only four could be identified. The rest are passengers who traveled with the infected in minibuses from Krasnodar.
“This is a private carrier, a bus, so I want to appeal, as with regard to the Bellissimo liner, to the citizens of the republic and the city of Sevastopol - Sevastopol is also being watched live by our headquarters, that during the implementation of anti-epidemic measures on registered cases, the request of all persons who traveled by bus from Krasnodar , bus station, to the city of Simferopol by Mercedes minibus on March 16.03.20, 10, departure time is approximately 16.03 o’clock, as well as persons who left on March 12 at XNUMX o’clock in a Mercedes Sprinter car to report themselves by calling the “hotline” and observe the self-isolation regime,” said head of the Crimean Rospotrebnadzor.
As for the previous seven people infected with coronavirus, their condition is stable and they are recovering, added the Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan Igor Chemodanov.
“The condition of the patients today does not pose any particular danger to us. Those that were identified earlier have positive dynamics. The one we had in Yalta is the most problematic patient, he did not deteriorate. Therefore, everything is going according to a relatively planned order for us,” Chemodanov noted.
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