In the village of Sergeevka, Odessa region, a mass disease of gastroenterocolitis was registered in a children's institution of a sanatorium type.

As reported in the Center for Public Health, 30 children aged 15 and older fell ill.

The patients complained of abdominal pain, nausea, general weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, an increase in body temperature within 37.5-39 C.

Among the sick - 17 children with the course of the disease of moderate severity, six of them were hospitalized (already discharged). The remaining 13 children with mild course are in a separate building of the institution under the supervision of a medical worker..

After that, an epidemiological investigation began - they took food samples for pathogenic microflora, samples of raw materials and drinking water, washings from environmental objects.

The epidemiological investigation established that the cause of the fire was the non-observance by the staff of the sanitary and epidemiological regime in the institution, as well as the violation of the requirements for isolation and hospitalization of sick children on the territory of the institution..