Falklands : Medical Department Deals With Suspected Ecoli Outbreak at Fox Bay Village
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 31.01.2006 (Article Archived on 14.02.2006)
The Military have discovered a possible ecoli outbreak at Fox Bay Village.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT DEALS WITH SUSPECTED ECOLI OUTBREAK AT FOX BAY VILLAGE
On Monday morning a Military spokesman from Mount Pleasant sent a message to say that there was an ecoli outbreak at Fox Bay Village. The first to be affected were residents of a house where the Military refuelers were staying. After calling village residents there was a lack of knowledge about the problem so the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Roger Diggle was contacted and he confirmed the location of the suspect water source and probable cause of the outbreak.
Instructions about boiling water and using water purification tablets were issued for the Village. According to former Councillor Norma Edwards, Fox Bay West was not affected by the outbreak as they have another water source.
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