In November, a total of 368 poisonings of citizens, including 92 children, were reported, said Oleksandr Horusny, the spokesman for Civil Protection.
Carbon monoxide poisoning has been on the rise in Ukraine recently as citizens are forced to use generators and wood stoves to cope with power outages and a lack of heating due to the Russian military’s shelling of infrastructure, a Civil Protection spokesman said.
In November, a total of 368 poisonings of citizens, including 92 children, were reported, said Oleksandr Horusny, the spokesman for Civil Protection.
Of the people who suffered poisoning, twenty succumbed, he added.
In the first week of December, 97 poisonings of civilians, including 25 children, and 14 deaths were reported, Mr Khorousni continued.
He urged those with generators not to use them indoors and seek help from professionals to install them.
Due to Russian bombing of Ukraine’s power generation and distribution network, power outages are common across much of the country amid sub-zero winter temperatures.
Households try to cope with them by using generators, if they have them. For heating, many are forced to resort to burning wood or coal.
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