On Tuesday, information appeared in the media that several pupils of kindergarten N58 in the city of Berezniki, Perm Territory, were infected with household syphilis.

In particular, one of the users of the city Internet forum Bereznikov reported that in the kindergarten that her granddaughter attends, children from one of the groups were forced to donate blood for Wasserman’s reaction. The analysis showed that 10 children were sick with domestic syphilis.

“Tomorrow my granddaughter and I are going to the hospital... They have prescribed inpatient preventive treatment,” writes the blogger, promising to file an application with the prosecutor’s office.

in this regard As a representative of the prosecutor's office of the city of Bereznyaki told Interfax , the department is aware of the problem and is dealing with the information received.

“We are aware of this situation and are currently investigating. However, we cannot yet provide more accurate information,” said a representative of the prosecutor’s office.

For her part, the head of the education committee of the city mayor’s office, Tatyana Mukhataeva, refused to comment on this information, saying that she did not have information on this issue.

However, after some time, the Prosecutor General’s Office denied information about the mass infection of children with syphilis. In this case, the department refers to the prosecutor's office of the city of Berezniki, which checked the relevant information.

“No evidence of the spread of the disease in kindergarten among children and teachers has been identified,” the department reported.

At the same time, according to the regional prosecutor's office, one kindergarten student was still confirmed to have syphilis. Presumably, he became infected from his sick mother. The remaining children are reportedly currently under medical supervision.

Pupils of a kindergarten in the Perm region became infected with syphilis