Authorities unable to establish source of dysentery outbreak in southern Bohemia

Health authorities have been unable to establish the source of a dysentery outbreak in southern Bohemia. Thirty people have fallen ill with the infectious disease in the city of České Budějovice in the course of last week, while another 40 manifested clinical symptoms. All of them had potato salad in one of the city restaurants on July 23; however, the health authorities’ investigation in the restaurant and among its staff produced negative results. On Friday and Saturday, 19 people were treated in hospital in České Budějovice, with six of them hospitalized at the hospital’s infectious diseases department. All of them were released before the end of the weekend.

Author: Jan Richter