Three weeks after the gastroenteritis outbreak in Tarazona infected 498 people, it became known that the source of oral water contamination was outside the community of Aragon.
Analysis conducted by public health authorities found that Cryptosporidium protozoacausing the outbreak, upstream Quail Riverin the autonomous region castile and leon. The reasons can be found at: Fish farm in the municipality of Vozmediano SorianoSome control measures were implemented last week, Aragón Noticias reported.
Therefore, starting this Monday, the General Directorate of Public Health of the Ministry of Health will coordinate all actions together with the Ministry of Interior and the communities of Castile and León, Aragon and Navarre, as the latter collects water from the Queles River Dehesa reservoir water fillingThat It supplies several towns in the Foral community of Navarra.
The first coordination meeting is also scheduled to be held this afternoon, convened by the General Directorate of Public Health of the Ministry of Health. ministry of health.
Cryptosporidium was the cause of a gastroenteritis outbreak in Tarazona over the weekend of Sept. 9-10. This protozoan occurs in aquatic environments as oocysts and cannot be detected by conventional control analyses.
Since September 11th of last year, residents of Tarazona They cannot use the water for drinking or brushing their teeth and must boil it for at least 10 minutes for cooking.The restriction also applies to the towns of Torreras, Novalas and Los Fayos starting Thursday, September 21.
People affected by the epidemic have mild illness, manifesting as diarrhea and, in special cases, vomiting and fever.