The Moscow shipping Company named the reason for the indisposition of the Mikhail Bulgakov passengers

Rotavirus infection was the cause of poisoning of 11 people on the Mikhail Bulgakov motor ship. Yaroslav Marchenko, Deputy Commercial Director of the Moscow Shipping Company, told Izvestia about this on May 28.

"At the moment, 11 people have asked for help, of which only one is in a moderate condition. All of them are isolated now," he said.

Now the ship has left Uglich for Moscow. According to the schedule, the ship is scheduled to arrive in the capital on Thursday, May 29, the deputy commercial director said.

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A criminal case has been opened under the article on violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules.

The poisoning of 11 children on the ship Mikhail Bulgakov, en route from St. Petersburg to Moscow, became known earlier that day. There are a total of 400 passengers on board. The ship arrived in Uglich for a scheduled parking at a separate berth, where a medical examination will be conducted by three ambulance crews.

Currently, Rospotrebnadzor employees have begun conducting a sanitary and epidemiological investigation.

In addition, the Izvestia source said that two adults who were unwell refused to be hospitalized. The rest of the victims, including children, have refrained from medical examination and are feeling well.