Moscow sent 663 healthcare workers to Sochi
A total of 663 healthcare workers from Moscow healthcare organizations were sent to Sochi to work at Olympic facilities, Georgy Golukhov, the head of the Moscow healthcare department, said.
“The Moscow healthcare department sent 663 healthcare specialists working in the Moscow state healthcare system to the Olympic facilities in Sochi to provide medical assistance to the participants and quests of the 22nd Winter Olympics and the 11th Winter Paralympics,” Golukhov said on Friday.
Of these people, 380 people will provide assistance to the athletes and guests of the Olympics, 271 people will work at the Paralympics, and another 12 people will go to Sochi with airborne medical brigades of the national medical enter Zashchita, he said.
“All Moscow healthcare workers have been accredited to work at the Olympics,” he said.
Meanwhile The Olympics are not just a chance for countries to bring home the gold. They also provide a perfect chance to spread infections all over the world. The Olympics contribute their share to public health problems. For example, there have been these outbreaks of infections at mass gatherings:
Let’s see a short list of mass gatherings and infectious outbreaks.
Infectious diseases at sport events
2002 – influenza in Salt Lake Winter Olympics
2006 – norovirus outbreak during the Football World Cup in Germany
2006 – chicken pox outbreak among members of the Maldives volleyball squad during the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar
2006 – leptospirosis in Germany among triathlon athletes
2008 – influenza World Youth Day, Sydney
