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2010-03-03 17:08:20 - Epidemic Hazard - Russia EDIS CODE: EH-20100303-25187-RUS Date & Time: 2010-03-03 17:08:20 [UTC] Area: Russia, Sverdlovsk Region (Oblast), , Lesnoy Number of death person(s): 2 Not confirmed information! Description: Children falling ill at a residential school in the town of Lesnoy in the Sverdlovsk Region (Oblast) have been diagnosed with rotavirus infection. 2 children have died. According to Arkady Bielyavski, the Regional Health Minister, this type of illness has been common among children in Lesnoy at the end of winter. According to the Minister, rotavirus infection is transmitted by airborne droplets, via water, faeces, and poorly washed fruits and vegetables. All the children attending the particular residential school have health problems and disabilities and all have impaired immune systems. The 2 children who died, aged 11 and 12, resembled children of 2-3 years of age, and weighed no more than 11 kg [24 lb]. Both had central nervous system afflictions, and had not developed normally. Unfortunately, such children have a low life expectancy and some die every year. In 2009 there was a total of 5 deaths. The average life expectancy of such children is 14 to 15 years. Bielyavski stated that few of them survive to adulthood.
The name of Hazard: Rotavirus (Fatal) Species: Human Status: Confirmed | | | |
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