Preliminary test results are in for the woman who was admitted on Saturday to the Szczecin Regional Hospital with a suspected case of cholera. A spokesperson for the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate (Główny Inspektorat Sanitarny, GIS) emphasized that “it is definitely not cholera.”
“The preliminary results we have indicate that this is not a toxigenic strain. It is definitely not cholera. Final results will be confirmed on Monday,” said the spokesperson for the Chief Sanitary Inspector on Friday.
On Saturday, a patient from the Stargard Hospital was transferred to the Szczecin Regional Hospital after being found to carry the cholera bacterium.
Two independent laboratories confirmed the presence of cholera in an elderly woman in Stargard. Sanitary services are currently investigating the source of the infection. Neither the patient nor any of her close contacts had traveled abroad. The woman’s condition is described as stable.
A total of 26 individuals who had contact with the patient were placed under quarantine. On Wednesday, 14 of them completed quarantine, and the rest were released on Friday. None of them reported worsening health or any concerning symptoms.