Description of the situation
03 September 1996
Disease Outbreak Reported
A press release from the Ministry of Health on 3 September reported an additional 22 cases of meningitis and viral meningoencephalitis hospitalized in the communicable disease hospitals in Bucharest. Three more deaths were registered in patients aged between 64 and 74 years. The cumulated number of cases since the beginning of the outbreak is 303 with 17 deaths.