By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
The City of Tshwane is asking residents and businesses in central Pretoria to boil tap water before drinking it, after contamination linked to the Findlay Reservoir. The measure also applies to neighbouring areas and follows several health alerts in the metropolitan area, according to IOL.
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Unchlorinated water in Tshwane made at least 408 people ill and was declared unfit for consumption in Bronkhorstspruit.
22 OctDemocratic Alliance opens criminal investigation after 408 fall ill in Tshwane22 OctBronkhorstspruit water crisis: Tshwane promises sanctions21 OctTshwane boosts water deliveries after 408 fall illThe Tshwane municipality will strengthen water supplies by tanker after 408 residents fell ill following water contamination, mainly children under four. Tests detected several pathogens and high levels of bacteria in the water, according to South African health and municipal authorities.
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The City of Tshwane has banned drinking tap water in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa, after high levels of E. coli and other bacteria were detected. The alert comes after 408 cases of gastrointestinal illness were reported between 7 and 18 October, according to the City of Tshwane.
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The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has promised to hold those responsible for the water crisis in Bronkhorstspruit to account if negligence or misconduct is established. This latest detail is part of a crisis already covered in several articles on contaminated water and people falling ill, reports Maroela Media.
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Former director of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Abdulsalami Nasidi, says Nigeria can contain the Ebola threat with sufficient funding and firm commitment from the federal authorities. He calls for stronger health response capacity after a first case was detected, according to Africanews.
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South Africa beat Australia by an innings and 31 pointsSouth Africa beat Australia by an innings and 31 points in the second cricket Test in Gqeberha to level the series at one win each. Australia were dismissed for 295 in their second innings, with Travis Head scoring 121 points, reports SABC News.
Zambia: 17 hospitalised over suspected poisoned waterSeventeen people, including a 10-month-old baby, have been hospitalised after consuming water from a well suspected of being contaminated in Chasefu, Zambia. Patients are suffering in particular from abdominal pain and diarrhoea, while toxicologists are analysing water and human samples to identify the substance, doctor Chota Phiri said.The week in Africa
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