91 Hong Kong residents contract streptococcal infection
Almost a hundred people in Hong Kong have become infected with an infection caused by group B streptococci. This was reported by the Health Protection Center at the Department of Health of the Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, reports RIA Novosti.
We are talking about infection with the ST283 strain. The results of the epidemiological investigation showed that 75 patients were exposed to raw freshwater fish before the onset of symptoms. According to the latest information, a total of 91 people fell ill. It is clarified that 43 hospitalized patients are in stable condition, the condition of another four is assessed as serious. It is also noted that doctors were unable to save four sick people. 40 patients have already been discharged from the hospital.
Earlier in Buryatia, ten people became infected with a dangerous infection from livestock – leptospirosis. In the Selinga region, the disease was confirmed in 11 horses and 16 cows in one of the villages.
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