Hepatitis Spreads in Northern Bulgarian Town

Politics | July 25, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00

The number of people infected with hepatitis A in the small town of Svoge, located near capital Sofia, has gone up to 133. Media reports that the number of the infected people grew up drastically in a few days and Bulgaria's Health Ministry is expecting it to grow even bigger by the end of the week. The first patients from the region were first registered a week ago. Experts claim that the infected emerged a month ago during repairs at the local water supplying system.

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