Diarrheal Diseases During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Republic of Karakalpakstan

Abstract

An analysis of the dynamics of the dominant ecological and hygienic environmental factors in 2009-2021 found that the incidence of diarrheal infections in the Republic of Karakalpakstan depends on the bacterial contamination of water in open reservoirs, tap water and well water. The food route of transmission of infection predominated, less often through contact and household transmission. Mostly children under 14 years of age and disorganized children of preschool age fell ill. The unprecedented anti-epidemic measures taken against coronavirus infection, including strict quarantine, had a strong impact on the level of barterial and viral infections, in particular on the incidence of diarrhea in 2020.