
The number of victims of poisoning in Krasnoyarsk increased to 150 people, all of them are located in city hospitals, ITARS was reported in the Siberian regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, noting that "the state of hospitalized mild and medium severity." Previously reported 134 cases.
According to the conclusion of a special commission, which included experts at Rospotrebnadzor, on the basis of a survey of patients, a conclusion was made on the "food nature of the outbreak of the disease." According to the commission, "the outbreak of disease does not pose a threat to the population."
The head of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Alexander Khloponin, held a meeting with the heads of healthcare, law enforcement agencies and the organizers of the event during which mass poisoning occurred.
The operational headquarters operates in Krasnoyarsk, led by Deputy Head of the city Vasily Kuimov. The headquarters is given an order to suspend the work of public catering facilities located in the Krasnoyarsk exhibition center "Siberia" before the end of the audit, where, presumably, poisoning occurred.
The student ball took place on the evening of March 1, over 1.5 thousand people participated in it. Among the victims, in addition to students, there are journalists and members of the Ball Organizing Committee.
Doctors turned to all participants and guests of IQ-Bala with a request in case of a deterioration in the state of health to immediately contact the ambulance service.
The regional prosecutor's office opened a criminal case on the fact of poisoning. Based on the results of the checks for the guilty in this incident, strict sanctions provided for by law will be undertaken, the administration of the Krasnoyarsk Territory said.