We are talking about the fact that in South Korea, an infection was detected in a person who returned from Thailand on December 10, and after a certain amount of time died.
The Thai Ministry of Health said the infection is a very rare disease that can only be cured in its earliest stages.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, Sopkha said that the largest number of cases of amoebic meningoencephalitis was found in the United States.
He clarified that from 1995 to 2004, 23 people died there from this disease.
On December 26, the Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced that in South Korea, experts recorded the first case of infection with an amoeba of the Negleria Fowler species living in water bodies.