The Czech sanitary station in Ostrava near the Polish border confirmed 12 cases of tapeworm infection. Their source is beef of Czech origin. Local authorities encourage everyone who ate beef in the second half of December 2012 to test themselves. The appeals also apply to Poles living near the border.
The situation is serious and more people come to the hospital in Opava, near the Polish border, with suspected tapeworm infections.
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The Czech veterinary services admit that the source of the infection is beef of local origin. The infected indicate that the raw meat they ate a few months ago came from the Globus market (a chain popular in the Czech Republic), which is also often bought by Poles.
The district veterinary inspection doctor in Opava informs that more batches of infected meat are being sought, also in Poland.
– Policemen from the highway in Głubczyce, together with the employees of the Sanepid, stopped trucks for inspection, which could transport, among others, meat from the Czech Republic – informs Wojciech Nowakowski, spokesman for the district police headquarters in the border town of Głubczyce.
As emphasized by Małgorzata Gudełajtis from the Sanepid in Opole, so far only one case of tapeworm infection has been reported on the Polish side.
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Source: tvn24.pl