he gastroenteritis outbreak The virus has affected residents of Tarazona for 18 days and has spread to the municipalities of Los Fayos, Torreras and Novaras, with cases continuing to increase over the past 24 hours (Wednesday from 8:00 to 8:00 ) 5 new cases. 00:00 this Thursday). The number of people affected reached 483.
While the infection curve is falling, public health authorities are not ruling out a spike in the coming days, but Waiting for water quality analysis results Understand whether Cryptosporidium parasites are still present in the supply network. Furthermore, the source of this contamination is still under investigation and has not yet been successfully investigated.
Public Health Director Nuria Gayán stressed this week: “The shape of the contagion curve is very similar to the theoretical evolution of such epidemics.” As he explained, after a “sudden start” due to water-borne transmission, As a result of measures and reduced exposure, cases began to decrease. However, there is a “peak” at the end of the curve, which is caused mainly by person-to-person transmission.
Political controversy over parasites at plenary session
On the other hand, the microbe causing a public health crisis in Tarazona is Controversies at the last municipal committee plenary meeting Held last Wednesday. At the meeting it was rejected, Vote against the Popular Party and abstain from voting on the initiative of the Plural Party of Tarazona (PSOE) The committee called for “intensified” efforts to find the source of the contamination and to look at measures to “compensate” households and companies that bought bottled water for more than two weeks. Socialist Party spokesperson Leticia Soria raised the possibility of bonuses on municipal water bills, or discounts proportional to the number of days the restrictions prohibit drinking tap water.
Ana Sainz, a member of the People’s Party government team, accused a Socialist member of the Aragonese parliament of Trying to gain “political advantage” from the situation and argued that the city council had accomplished what they had asked for in the proposal. Soria also criticized President Aragon for not yet traveling to Tarazona: “It’s outrageous that Azcón has yet to set foot on this territory”.