Sad news: 7 people was found dead in u.s.a swimming pool simply as soon as they were……..

 

 

 

 

National Public Health Service medical health officer Dr Craig Thornley said typically Wellington would see less than half that number in a year.

 

He said he was also worried there was more of the parasite spreading in the community that was not being reported.

 

“We think that there may well be more people in the community with the illness because not everybody who gets unwell gets to see a doctor and then gets tested. So we’re concerned that there may be more cryptosporidiosis out there … What we’re seeing is likely to be the tip of the iceberg,” Thornley said.

 

• He said 16 of the cases have either used swimming pools themselves or lived with a household contact that has used a swimming pool before they became