Hepatitis Spreads in Northern Bulgarian Town
Bulgaria in Brief: 25 July 2006, Tuesday.
The number of people infected with hepatitis A in the small town of Svoge, located near capital Sofia, has gone up to 133. Media reports that the number of the infected people grew up drastically in a few days and Bulgaria's Health Ministry is expecting it to grow even bigger by the end of the week. The first patients from the region were first registered a week ago. Experts claim that the infected emerged a month ago during repairs at the local water supplying system.
