Overview
- Symptoms began during an intellectual competition on industrial development at a Moscow university, and organizers immediately called emergency services.
- Students were taken to Clinical Infectious Hospitals No. 1 and No. 2, where the health department says they are receiving full medical care.
- Prosecutors reported that at least nine minors were hospitalized from a campus on Gasheka Street, and several others sought treatment on their own.
- Rospotrebnadzor said specialists have launched an epidemiological investigation and that the situation is under the agency’s control.
- Authorities have not named a pathogen or confirmed a source, though preliminary information notes a commercial contractor handled catering at the venue.