In Thailand, the Russian contracted dengue fever and is in a coma

This is what the patient's sister says. “Gerasim was admitted to the hospital on March 16 <...> treatment is very expensive and costs 150 thousand rubles a day.” A relative of the tourist clarifies that his brother is stably in serious condition, he is on an artificial ventilation apparatus. In Barnaul, residents are raising money for treatment.

 

Rospotrebnadzor of the Altai Territory reported that two cases of dengue fever were registered in the region in January, people who returned from a trip to the state of Southeast Asia suffered.

 

Dengue fever is a viral disease, its carriers are the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, they carry the disease from a sick person or from an animal to a person. Symptoms appear 3-14 days after the bite: rash and fever, high fever, headache, muscle and joint pain.