YEKATERINBURG, July 6 A second person who was diagnosed with meningococcal infection died in Yekaterinburg, the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Sverdlovsk Region reported.
» I confirm the fact of death. The cause is being investigated,» the agency's interlocutor said.
The death of the first infected person became known about an hour earlier.
Meningococcal infection is an infectious disease that has a variety of clinical manifestations — from nasopharyngitis to meningococcal sepsis and meningitis. Caused by meningococci, which are airborne. The infection is widespread and can cause severe complications, even death.
On the eve of the regional Rospotrebnadzor reported that seven employees of the Ozon distribution center in Yekaterinburg were diagnosed with meningococcal infection.
Specialists identified contact persons and began vaccination, preventive antibiotic therapy, and disinfection of premises.