IDF Investigates Mysterious Outbreak
Erik Shechter & JPost.Com Staff
Jerusalem Post, Israel
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Five hundred recruits at the Tzukei Uvda base were given an unexpected holiday leave this week after the IDF Medical Corps ordered a quarantine following a fast-spreading outbreak of a serious lung infection.
IDF sources said that training at the base was expected to begin again next week after final results of medical tests are received. The public health branch of the Medical Corps carried out a number of tests at the base in order to try and isolate the cause of the outbreak.
The water and sewage systems at the base were closely examined, as were the showers and the air conditioning units.
Still, as of Sunday morning, the cause of the outbreak was yet to be determined.
Jan 01, 2006
Erik Shechter & JPost.Com Staff
Jerusalem Post, Israel
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Five hundred recruits at the Tzukei Uvda base were given an unexpected holiday leave this week after the IDF Medical Corps ordered a quarantine following a fast-spreading outbreak of a serious lung infection.
IDF sources said that training at the base was expected to begin again next week after final results of medical tests are received. The public health branch of the Medical Corps carried out a number of tests at the base in order to try and isolate the cause of the outbreak.
The water and sewage systems at the base were closely examined, as were the showers and the air conditioning units.
Still, as of Sunday morning, the cause of the outbreak was yet to be determined.
Jan 01, 2006
