The Kamchatka Ministry of Health named gastroenteritis as the cause of poisoning of 41 workers

There is no threat to the lives of the builders of the new airport in Kamchatka hospitalized with poisoning, reported regional Ministry of Health. The department cited gastroenteritis as the preliminary cause of hospitalization, and a total of 41 workers were taken to the hospital.

“We are now carrying out further diagnostics on the diagnosis, but preliminary information is confirmed that it is acute gastroenteritis. The condition of the patients is moderate and mild, but there is no threat to the patients’ lives,” said deputy head of the department Oleg Melnikov.

He added that both employees of Rospotrebnadzor and specialists from a healthcare institution in the Kamchatka Territory are working at the outbreak of infection. An investigation into the incident is underway.

workers hospitalized yesterday, December 5, with signs of food poisoning. They all ate in a cafe located on the territory of the terminal under construction; the prosecutor’s office organized an inspection. Construction of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky airport terminal has been underway since 2021. According to TASS, meals at the facility are organized at the expense of the employer.

Laura Keffer