The key facts
- All 20 hospitalized people — children and adults from the Kazakh delegation — were discharged from Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 5 and left for Kazakhstan.
- Symptoms appeared after breakfast at one of Tashkent's hotels on 1 November; the preliminary diagnosis was
The delegation from Karaganda has been discharged and returned home
Children from Kazakhstan who arrived in Tashkent for a football tournament and were hospitalized with signs of poisoning have been discharged from hospital — this was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan.
How the events unfolded
The hospitalization of the footballers from Karaganda and the adult members of the delegation became known several days ago. According to the Ministry of Health, on 1 November, 13 people after breakfast at one of the capital's hotels complained of vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever; they were taken to City Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 5. Seven more people with similar symptoms were admitted on 2–3 November. In total, 20 people — children and their relatives — required medical assistance, and all were given a preliminary diagnosis of six children and four adults remained under treatment.
Reaction and legal aspects
The Counselor-Envoy of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Uzbekistan Asker Kiikov thanked the Uzbek side: Article 276−13 of the Criminal Code — on violation of sanitary legislation or rules for combating epidemics. The final cause of the poisoning and the outcome of the investigation are not disclosed in the published reports.
