As a result of an intestinal infection, one person died and 20 were injured in the boarding house of the Ministry of Defense.

In the private pension "Longevity" in the Moscow suburb of Vidnoye, 21 people suffered from intestinal infection, one of the guests died. This was reported to Izvestia on December 19 by a source familiar with the situation.

"The management of the institution did not contact doctors for a long time, they tried to cure the guests on their own, but their condition worsened. As a result, 11 people were hospitalized," the source said.

According to preliminary data, in the period from December 18 to December 19, cases of acute intestinal disease were detected in the institution. Of the 21 injured, 20 people are being evacuated to medical organizations in the Moscow region.

It is specified that emergency services are working on the spot and cooperation with the territorial disaster medicine center is being established. A set of anti-epidemic and preventive measures is currently being carried out jointly with Rospotrebnadzor.

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On December 15, two adults and a child died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a private house in Ulan-Ude, after a diesel generator was used for heating in an unventilated room. As investigators have established, the electricity supply to the house was turned off on December 12 due to non-payment, after which a diesel generator was installed for heating.

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