The Sverdlovsk region has become one of the leading regions in terms of the number of attacks of ticks per person. This is reported by Rospotrebnadzor.
According to the department, the most appealed for bites of ticks recorded in the Sverdlovsk, Kemerovo, Vologda and Irkutsk regions, as well as in St. Petersburg.
Since the beginning of the year, 129,000 cases of tick bites have been registered in Russia, of which 36,000 are children. However, the number of applications of Russians to doctors does not exceed the average long-term values, reports JustMedia. en.
As of May 25, 23 cases of tick-borne encephalitis and 250 cases of tick-borne ixorid borreliosis. These indicators also do not exceed the average long-term values.