US EditionFirst Cases of Leprosy Confirmed in Croatia and Romania
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In Romania, two confirmed cases of leprosy or leprosy were recorded among employees of a spa in the city of Cluj in the northwest of the country.
The first cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Romania and Croatia. A worker from Nepal reported to epidemiologists in Split about ten days ago with the first symptoms, while an Asian woman working at a spa in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, had a similar diagnosis.
The Cluj investigation continues after the authorities confirmed two cases of leprosy. On Saturday, two other women from all over Asia arrived at the Hospital of Infectious Diseases, and the doctors decided to keep them under surveillance.
This is the first such case in the last 32 years.
Two cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Romania – the first in decades. The cases have made headlines in Europe, but Romanian authorities stress that the risk of widespread infection is very small. According to Romanian health authorities, the two are young people originally from Indonesia, where the disease still occurs, Reuters reports. They are said to have stayed at a spa in the city of Cluj-Napoca, where the infection was discovered in …
Continues the investigation at Cluj after the authorities confirmed two cases of leprosy. On Saturday, two women from all over Asia arrived at the Hospital of Infectious Diseases. The doctors decided that they would keep them under surveillance.
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