Overview
- Rospotrebnadzor identified norovirus genotype II in the affected children shortly after the cases were detected.
- The patients, junior athletes staying at a hotel in the Loo settlement, are under round-the-clock medical observation and receiving treatment without hospitalization.
- Health teams continue an epidemiological investigation at the hotel, including testing of drinking water, food, and biomaterials from patients, contacts, and staff.
- Contacts living at the hotel remain under enhanced monitoring, with no additional illnesses reported and the risk of wider spread assessed as low.
- A criminal case under Article 238 of the Russian Criminal Code has been opened, and prosecutors are conducting checks into potential safety violations.