Stomach virus affects hundreds
Some 700 children and 130 adults have been taken ill in the Montenegrin capital.
Tuesday, 26.08.2008.
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Some 700 children and 130 adults have been taken ill in the Montenegrin capital. The Montenegrin Institute for Public Health announced that the number of people registered with stomach problems during the weekend and on Aug. 25 exceeded 800. Stomach virus affects hundreds It was stated that the Department for Infectious Diseases of the Montenegrin Clinical Center in the past two days hospitalized 15 persons, and the Institute for Childhood Illnesses 17 children with stomach problems. According to them, help is required by patients whose problems include vomiting, diarrhea and increased temperature, so it is supposed that the cause of the infection is "most probably" a virus. However, the Institute stated that they are investigating the cause and the source of the infection. The public company Water Management previously announced that the water from sources which supply Podgorica "is completely safe to drink" and that "samples for analysis were taken from several places." The Institute for Public Health recommended that citizens improve their personal hygiene.
Stomach virus affects hundreds
It was stated that the Department for Infectious Diseases of the Montenegrin Clinical Center in the past two days hospitalized 15 persons, and the Institute for Childhood Illnesses 17 children with stomach problems.According to them, help is required by patients whose problems include vomiting, diarrhea and increased temperature, so it is supposed that the cause of the infection is "most probably" a virus.
However, the Institute stated that they are investigating the cause and the source of the infection.
The public company Water Management previously announced that the water from sources which supply Podgorica "is completely safe to drink" and that "samples for analysis were taken from several places."
The Institute for Public Health recommended that citizens improve their personal hygiene.
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