A total of 748 cases of diseases were registered with the country for listeriosis in the Gauteng Province - 455, Western Cape - 95 and KwaZulu-Natal - 53. As a result, physicians have already identified 67 official cases with a fatal outcome.
Listeriosis is a bacterial infection that is mainly caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. At the same time, there is a case when listeriosis was caused by another type of listeria.
Infection of people is associated with eating vegetables and livestock products. Foreign Ministry staff advise Ukrainians in case of problems with the incidence of contacting the emergency telephone: (0027) 814 806 707, to the e-mail address: consul_za @ mfa. gov. ua or to the round-the-clock line of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: + 38-044-238-16-57.
As reported in the "URA-Inform", recently in Poland recorded a measles outbreak, among the sick Ukrainians.