The Ministry of Health has refuted the fake about the invasion of poisonous spiders in Ukraine
1 August 2024 05:16
No mass visits to doctors due to poisonous spider bites have been recorded in Ukraine. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Health.
Russian propagandists are spreading information online about the alleged invasion of poisonous spiders in Ukraine.
“As soon as the myth about the Dengue epidemic in Ukraine was refuted, a new one was introduced – an invasion of poisonous spiders. Moreover, this ‘epidemic’, in their (Russians’) painful imagination, comes from the same American biolabs from which the war pigeons flew out,” the Health Ministry said.
Russian propagandists claim that there is a real apocalypse in Ukraine: there have already been several deaths and many people have been hospitalised due to poisonous spider bites. However, according to the Ministry of Health, there have been no mass appeals for medical help due to spiders.
The only case was the bite of a karakurta spider in Odesa region. The victim is receiving the necessary assistance in hospital. His condition is stable.
The agency also said that this year’s heat wave has really activated spiders, but there have been no deaths. In case of a bite, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately. According to the Ministry of Health, there are almost no cases of the most poisonous spider bites in Ukraine leading to death.
on 30 July, it became known that disinformation about the spread of Dengue fever in Ukraine was being spread online. This is a fake spread by the aggressor country in its Telegram channels, the Ministry of Health said, noting that they simply distorted the words of a Ukrainian infectious disease doctor who wrote about the symptoms of Dengue fever in her personal blog.
