Coxsackie virus is suspected of “black” PR of Turkey in favor of Russian resorts

Representatives of the tourism industry say that there are some cases of the disease, but it cannot be said about the mass nature of the disease or epidemic. We are not talking about the “hundreds of cases” of infection reported by Russian television.

 

The “information campaign” about the Coxsackie virus began in the domestic media on Monday. Television showed sick but returning tourists in Turkey, and repeated the news of "many hundreds" of affected Russians and the outbreak of the epidemic. Between July 30 and the morning of July 31, 60 tourists were admitted to the hospital where I was admitted with similar symptoms - stomach pain, nausea, and in some cases vomiting with blood, as well as diarrhea. It is known that among the victims who applied to this hospital during this period, there are representatives of such chains of hotels as Botanik, Larisa, Rose, said the tourist from Kemer. According to the Russian media, the disease is extremely contagious: it begins as ARVI, fever, vomiting and diarrhea are added, rashes appear on the skin.

 

Media reported that the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Antalya denied the information about the beginning of the epidemic of enterovirus infection Coxsackie in Turkey - cases can be isolated. A request to the Ministry of Health of Turkey about cases of the Coxsackie virus in the resorts of the country was sent on Tuesday by Rospotrebnadzor, and opened a hotline for tourists “to assess the situation.” The Office asks to indicate in the appeal the period of stay of tourists in Turkey, the date of deterioration of health, symptoms of the disease, contact details, place of rest and name of the hotel, date of return to Russia and state of health after return.

 

Representatives of the tourism industry confirm that there are isolated facts of the disease, but we are not talking about “hundreds” of patients. In social networks comments “from the fields” varied. “2 families with children returned from Maritima the day before yesterday. Not a single person in the 7s caught anything, moreover, did not know that there was a flash somewhere.” I have tourists at the Maritim Pine Beach Hotel in Belek. They a few days ago, a child fell ill with Coxsackie virus (this is like chickenpox, with a high fever, which is bad for the mouth and body pimples). The baby's in pain. In the hotel, those who are not sick, dream to leave faster.

 

“Where do our citizens rest the most this summer? That's right, Turkey. Accordingly, according to the theory of large numbers, and cases of all sorts of diseases are more in the same place, - say employees of travel agencies. The stuffing of information about the virus is called “black PR” in favor of domestic resorts.

The information from other market participants is that almost everyone says that they have one or two cases, but it is clearly not about dozens or hundreds of tourists. Basically, more or less cheap hotels of the level of three stars are “suffering,” said Gennady Kosarev, a well-known expert on Turkey. The main cause of the disease, according to Turkish experts, is a combination of heat, a large number of tourists and problems with disinfection of water in the pools.

 

Source: tourprom