In Irkutsk, a focus of measles disease was detected
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Specialists of the department of Rospotrebnadzor in the Irkutsk region recorded a measles outbreak in Irkutsk. As Deputy Head of the Department Natalya Potalitsyna said on March 2 during live broadcast in the Regional Control Center, eight people are infected, five of them have laboratory-confirmed measles.
“All the sick are children under one year old or children who have not been vaccinated. The outbreak is quite serious, but the situation in the region is under control. It is not advisable to introduce large-scale restrictive measures,” said Ms. Potalitsyna.
On February 28, the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor reported on first case of measles detection in the Angara region. The sick person is a child who had previously visited Tajikistan with his family.
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