Almost half of the children poisoned on the train from Murmansk were discharged from hospitals

KRASNODAR, 10 Aug Forty-four of the 95 children who ended up in the Kuban hospitals after being poisoned on the Murmansk-Adler train recovered and were discharged, the condition of the rest is satisfactory, the Krasnodar Territory Ministry of Health told RIA Novosti. Twenty children in two groups traveling to the camp from Murmansk were hospitalized to the Kuban infectious diseases hospitals on August 7 with signs of poisoning. Rospotrebnadzor reported that the second type of norovirus was the cause of the outbreak. On Sunday, 87 children were in the hospitals of the Kuban with intestinal infection, according to the headquarters, by Monday their number had grown to 91. Food suppliers were searched after children were poisoned on the train. «A total of 44 children were discharged, 39 in Tuapse, three in Apsheronsk and five in Belorechensk, 51 children are still in hospitals, their condition is satisfactory. In total, 95 children were admitted to hospitals.» reported in the regional ministry of health. Earlier on Tuesday, the investigating authorities announced the detention in connection with the poisoning of the children of the director and employees of the restaurant car of the Murmansk-Adler train. According to the investigation, the cook and the waiter of the restaurant car, knowing that they had a norovirus infection, did not notify the employer about this, ignoring the sanitary rules, norms and hygiene standards. The director of the carriage did not ensure compliance with sanitary standards at the enterprise, did not organize a medical examination of the personnel, neglected to carry out anti-epidemiological control measures for the health of workers, it was noted in the message of the Western Interregional SU on the transport of the RF IC. Cases of mass poisoning of children in Russia in 2020-2021