Parents of children in Onokhino report infection outbreak

A mass outbreak of an intestinal infection has occurred in the village of Onokhino, Tyumen Region. Preliminary data indicates that 116 children showed symptoms of poisoning, with one of them having to be hospitalized.

Parents of the sick schoolchildren shared details.

My child got sick, he is 9 years old. Complaints of abdominal pain, discomfort and bloating appeared at night, around three o«clock. In the morning, vomiting began, but there was no fever. At school, he only ate a bun with tea, refused the soup. He drank water from the drinking fountain. Now the child»s condition is stable, there have been no more vomiting attacks. We are already taking medication, and an ambulance came.

There has been no information about the closure of the educational institution yet, however, as one of the mothers noted, many parents have started writing applications to exempt their children from classes. «For example, out of 24 students in our class, only 6 were at school today. But this morning, the institution denied information about the sick,» she clarified.

Reports of children feeling unwell began to appear en masse on the evening of January 28. At the same time, some students complained of malaise as early as Monday, January 27.

Another resident reported that both of her children were poisoned.

This morning, around four o«clock, I woke up my daughter with a complaint of nausea. Later she vomited. My son also couldn»t sleep — he felt nauseous, but after breakfast he said he felt well. He went to school, and there he vomited anyway. I had to take the children to the hospital. Although many parents write in groups that they see no point in visiting the institution, as they know themselves how to treat. There were no queues at the hospital.

Regional authorities had previously been informed about the incident and also reported the exact number of victims.