Almost 55.3 thousand schoolchildren recovered during the summer season in children's camps of the Vitebsk region

August 30, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Almost 55.3 thousand schoolchildren improved their health in children's camps in the Vitebsk region during the summer season, the head of the representative office "Vitebsk Regional Department of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population" Elena Andreykova told a BELTA correspondent. This summer, a total of 35 stationary camps with round-the-clock stays for children, 13 camps on leased premises, 119 specialized camps with nine-day stays, and 630 day camps operated in the region. 521 children with disabilities, about 1.3 thousand orphans, 1.8 thousand children under guardianship and with psychophysical development features, and almost 9 thousand children from large and low-income families rested and improved their health in the camps. 1.8 thousand children registered at the school level, about 800 registered with juvenile inspection commissions, and 2.3 thousand children in a socially vulnerable situation improved their health in camps based at units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and military units. The health improvement campaign in the region proceeded smoothly, without cases of complications in the epidemiological situation or group cases of acute intestinal disorders. The effectiveness of health improvement with a pronounced effect was 83.7%, with a weak effect - 15%, and with no effect - 1.2%. Currently, the region is summing up the results of the work of each health camp to select the best one. Preparations for the next health season have also actually begun, Elena Andreykova added. -0-