MOSCOW, December 22Ukraine threatens Europe with an invasion of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs,” reports The Hill.
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"Today, Ukraine is faced with a different kind of microbial outbreak. Although it is not intentional, it acutely threatens its troops and civilian population during the conflict with Russia and risks spreading to other parts of Europe,” the material says.
With reference to data from the Center for Control and US disease prevention, observers pointed out that Ukraine has seen an “alarming rise” of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that the country’s hospitals are struggling to cope with, and epidemiologists themselves warn that the “silent” threat could spread beyond the country to neighboring states.
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"Infectious diseases are one of the hidden nightmares of any war. “An “army” of superbugs can exhaust both soldiers and civilians,” the journalists concluded.
Earlier, the British newspaper Telegraph reported that one of the consequences of the military conflict in Ukraine was a significant increase in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals and hospitals.
In May, the head of the RCBZ troops, Igor Kirillov, at a briefing on US military-biological activities, said that documents available to the Russian Ministry of Defense confirm the participation of the American Army Institute in the study of microbial resistance to antibiotics. According to him, in four Ukrainian military hospitals located in different parts of the country, 813 microorganisms obtained from 162 patients were studied.
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