Some bloggers spread such insults. It is alleged that cholera facts were found in hospitals in Odessa and the city of Kiliya. The press service of the Odesa City Council stated that no case of cholera had been confirmed in Odesa or the Odesa region. The mayor's office added that the incidence of cholera is determined not during a doctor's examination but only by laboratory and bacteriological analysis. The head of the Odesa regional military administration, Maxym Marchenko, called complete delusional the information about the alleged cholera in Kiliya. "Every day, we check not just the quality of water, but all people who come to the region from other regions where there is an increased risk of cholera due to hostilities," Marchenko said in a video message. He noted that such checking is being held - this is one of the "main tasks, as well as the defense of Odesa." The head of the Odesa region urged residents "not to react prematurely to any information" that "some people throw out for the sake of quick hype." According to the spokesman of the Odesa regional military administration, Serhiy Bratchuk, such rumors are another attempt to divert attention from the situation caused by the actions of the invaders in the temporarily occupied Mariupol by throwing a fake. He stressed that the Russian occupiers faced the threat of a large-scale epidemic in Mariupol. "Fakes are being spread about the alleged existence of such problems in Odesa and Mykolayiv to divert attention, to disprove this information," said spokesman Bratchuk, noting that the Russian army's invasion was accompanied by scorched earth and epidemics. Another goal of the enemy's information and psychological operation, according to a spokesman for the Odesa RMA, is to try to create an "information alibi for the possible use of weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine." The Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine also reports that cholera outbreaks have not been registered in any settlement of Ukraine, and cholera has not been found in any of Ukraine's reservoirs. They emphasize that cholera is an acute infectious disease that develops when eating food or water infected with Vibrio cholerae. The best way to prevent the disease is vaccination, not medication. The National Security and Defense Council denies the information that nothing can be washed with raw water, swimming in ponds as if due to water contamination. And emphasize that for cooking, you should use bottled water and boil water for consumption, then the bacterium dies when boiling water.