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State of emergency declared in east Slovak due to hepatitis
www.chinaview.cn 2008-10-16
PRAGUE, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The state of emergency was declared in the Stara Lubovna area in east Slovakia due to a hepatitis epidemic, Stefania Kolcunova, from the regional public health office in Stara Lubovna said on Wednesday.
More than 200 Romany children have contracted hepatitis, according to the report reaching here from Slovakia.
A temporary medical center was established in the area and hospitals in Poprad and Presov have had to increase the number of beds in their infectious diseases wards, the report said.
"Twenty new patients were registered today but we do not know whether the epidemic has reached its peak," Kolcunova said.
In the Lomnicka village where 2,100 Romanies live 170 children fell ill, Kolcunova said, adding that the bad hygienic habits of the population was the main cause of the epidemic.
Most children in the area have been vaccinated against hepatitis after the first cases of the disease were registered. The epidemic still broke out because the children were probably infected before the vaccination, Kolcunova said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/16/content_10200940.htm
www.chinaview.cn 2008-10-16
PRAGUE, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The state of emergency was declared in the Stara Lubovna area in east Slovakia due to a hepatitis epidemic, Stefania Kolcunova, from the regional public health office in Stara Lubovna said on Wednesday.
More than 200 Romany children have contracted hepatitis, according to the report reaching here from Slovakia.
A temporary medical center was established in the area and hospitals in Poprad and Presov have had to increase the number of beds in their infectious diseases wards, the report said.
"Twenty new patients were registered today but we do not know whether the epidemic has reached its peak," Kolcunova said.
In the Lomnicka village where 2,100 Romanies live 170 children fell ill, Kolcunova said, adding that the bad hygienic habits of the population was the main cause of the epidemic.
Most children in the area have been vaccinated against hepatitis after the first cases of the disease were registered. The epidemic still broke out because the children were probably infected before the vaccination, Kolcunova said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/16/content_10200940.htm