Epidemiological alert at a school in Reșița: a 7-year-old girl diagnosed with meningitis. Classes suspended

A 7-year-old student from Reșița was diagnosed with meningitis and urgently admitted to the "Louis Țurcanu" Children's Hospital in Timișoara. The Public Health Directorate of Caraș-Severin launched an epidemiological investigation and ordered the suspension of...

Epidemiological investigation at a school in Reşiţa. All after a 7-year-old student was diagnosed with meningitis. The girl is hospitalized in a hospital in Timişoara.

A young woman lies with the life-threatening illness in a hospital in Linz. 25 people from her environment are observed and treated with antibiotics.

Nationwide, there were four cases of meningococcal infection and two deaths this year, according to the Journal of Infectious Diseases /SUCE/. According to the demographics of the last 10 years, on average, about eight cases of this infection and two deaths per year are recorded. Cases of meningococcal infection are recorded at all ages, but about 80-85 percent of the total cases are in children aged 0-4 years. 77% of the patients were registere…

Today, the Louis Țurcanu Children's Hospital confirmed for DSP Caraș-Severin, through laboratory tests, the diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis. It concerns a 7-year-old girl from Sc Gen 7 in Reșita, one of the best schools in the county without special social cases. DSP carried out the epidemiological investigation to detect the girl's direct and indirect contacts. More precisely - both those close to her, from the family, and those from the …