No cases or suspicions of cholera have been recorded in the affected regions due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP – Ministry of Health
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As of the morning of June 14, no cases or suspicions of cholera have been registered in the areas of submersion after the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station was blown up by Russian troops. This is reported by the Ministry of Health. In the affected regions, 38 water monitoring points of surface water bodies (river and sea) were formed along the river and sea coast in Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions. The results of research on samples taken, in particular, from reservoirs and taken from patients with signs of an acute intestinal infection, turned out to be negative. Photo: Ministry of Health “As of now, no cases or suspicions of cholera have been registered in Ukraine,” the Ministry of Health informs. At the same time, the department notes that they are ready for any scenario. “Three hospitals have been identified: in Kherson region, Mykolaiv region, and Dnipropetrovsk region, which will become hubs in case of potential outbreaks of infectious diseases. Additional infectious beds have been deployed in medical facilities and the availability of all necessary medicines has been ensured,” the ministry said. We previously reported that surface water bodies in flooded regions had a significant excess of microbiological indicators, so it is not possible to bathe or use such water for food processing. It is also forbidden to catch and consume fish from polluted water bodies. It will be recalled that after the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP, the experts of the Ministry of Health predicted water pollution. There is laboratory confirmation of Escherichia coli in the waters near Kherson. Read also: How to disinfect water if there is no access to drinking water. The Ministry of Health explains
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