DISEASES PROVOQUEES BY NON-DRINKING WATER ARE IN PROGRESSION IN THE
CUS OF RUSSIA








STAVROPOL/ROSTOV-SUR-LE-DON, March 5.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Valeri
Oliyantchouk, Sofia Brykanova).  The persons in charge of the
territorial and federal medical departments always have their fixee
attention on the situation preoccupante which prevaut in the village
of Tchernoleski, in the territory of Stavropol (southern of Russia).
The number of sick people tombees after having consumes water of the
tap souillee by infectueuses additions continues croitre.

RIA " Novosti " learned aupres from the doctor-chief of a territorial
hospital Vladimir Erofeiev which the accesses of the diseases had ete
records a week here.  During dernieres twenty-four hours, 28 people
are tombees sick.  On the whole, care have dOe to be exemptions has
357 people, whose 199 children ages of less than 14 years 127
patients, including 88 children, have ete hospitalisees.  The doctors
do not have has to face has any serious case and Sunday 15 patients
could return on their premises.

According to the service of press of the Center north-caucasien of the
Russian ministry of the emergency Situations, this infection would be
due A an agent borbific.  Preventives measures are taken.  It is
interdict to use the water of the tap for consumption, the village
east supplies out of drinking water by tankers.