Personal Injury Law

President Putin's Vacation Spot Suffers Hep A Outbreak

By Marler Clark LLP

You may recall that last August, there were pictures of President Putin hunting and fishing in Tuva.

We not think these events are in anyway connected, but now comes word of a Hepatitis A outbreak in Tuva's Todzhinsky Kozhuun District.

Russia's NewsLab is reporting that 34 children have tested positive for Hepatitis A; and 900 other children have had contact with them.

Twenty five water sources have been tested for the virus, 5 of them were detected as infected, Lyubov Oorzhak, Tuva's chief sanitary official said. Immunization of children has already been carried out in the villages, where the outbreak of the disease had been registered.

Nikolay Mongush, head of Tuvan Agency for Civil Defense and Emergencies, was reprimanded for failure to take measures and inform the executives of the republic about the situation.

400 doses of a vaccine were sent to Todzhinsky District today. The Russian news service said extra money will be required for re-vaccination. Ministry for Finances was asked to find the required funds. 

Whether Tuva remains Putin's vacation spot remains to be seen.

Full post as published by Hepatitis Blog on January 10, 2008 (boomark / email).