Hepatitis outbreak subsides in Nizhny Novgorod

Posted on October 11, 2005 by Hepatitis Lawyer

11.10.2005

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, October 11 (Itar-Tass) - Medics from the Volga River city of Nizhny Novgorod say an outbreak of hepatitis A is subsiding. "There are no grounds to speak about a second wave of hepatitis A," Dmitry Poguzov, spokesman for the headquarters set up to monitor the situation, said on Tuesday.

Medics say 55 people have been hospitalized over the past 24 hours, including 16 children. Twenty-two hepatitis patients have been released from hospital over the same period.

Officials from the territorial department of Rospotrebnadzor, the consumer health watchdog, have confirmed that the outbreak of hepatitis A is subsiding in the city.

Meanwhile, sanitary and epidemiological measures are continued in the city. Besides, medics examine foreign workers and vagabonds. Fourteen tramps have been confirmed with hepatitis and hospitalized. Over 66,400 residents of Nizhny Novgorod have been vaccinated.

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