Small traces of parasite cryptosporidium, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting, were found in the water in Brixham. The UK ...
People living in a seaside town in Devon are being urged to boil their tap water before use after the outbreak of a highly infectious virus. South West Water issued the notice to residents in two ...
A South West Water boss has refused to give a timeline on when a notice to boil tap water will be lifted after a parasite was found in a key reservoir. Speaking to Sky News, Laura Flowerdew, the ...
Schools across Devon have been forced to close today after hundreds of residents were struck down by a crippling illness caused by contaminated water. South West Water has urged people to boil ...
Residents of a town in Devon have been told to boil their drinking water after 22 cases of a diarrhoea-type illness were confirmed and a harmful waterborne parasite was discovered. South West ...
Thousands of people in Devon can now safely drink their tap water after being told to boil and cool it first, the area’s water supplier announced after a waterborne illness made hundreds sick.
A disease outbreak in drinking water supplies in south Devon has left 16,000 people unable to use their tap water without boiling it as South West Water scrambles to solve the issue - which may have ...
A region of South Devon has been advised to boil their tap water after an outbreak of cryptosporidium, which causes vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach pains. A number of people in Brixham have been ...
Symptoms include profuse watery diarrhoea, stomach pains, nausea or vomiting, low-grade fever and loss of appetite, and usually last between one to two weeks. A suspected outbreak of cryptosporidium ...