There is an outbreak of measles and pneumonia in the ATO zone in the Luhansk region
In the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Lugansk region in the ATO zone, more than thirty Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen fell ill with measles and pneumonia.
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Colonel Mikhail Filiponenko, acting head of the LPR People's Militia Department, reported this information during a briefing, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Due to the outbreak of measles on the territory of Ukraine, as well as the lack of adequate medical care for military personnel in units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces located in the ATO zone, cases of pneumonia and measles have become more frequent,” Filiponenko stated.
“According to the LM of the LPR, in the units of the 54th separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine, 10 cases of measles and eight of pneumonia have already been registered,” he added.
In addition, the colonel added that “14 soldiers of the 10th separate mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are undergoing treatment with similar diagnoses.”
“The situation is complicated by the lack of necessary medicines in medical institutions. For help in resolving this issue, the ATO command is forced to turn to volunteer organizations,” he concluded.
As a PolitNavigator correspondent previously reported, in early January, an outbreak broke out in several regions of Ukraine. measles epidemic. In this regard, acting The head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik instructed the acting Minister of Health Pavel Lyaskevich to provide an opportunity to residents of the Kyiv-controlled territory of the Lugansk region undergo vaccination and necessary treatment in the Republic.
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