Bottled water handed out to residents after parasite scare
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Bottled water handed out to residents after parasite scare
The UK Health Security Agency said 22 cases of cryptosporidium, a waterborne disease caused by a microscopic parasite, had been confirmed in Brixham.
The disease causes sickness and diarrhoea.
South West Water had opened two bottled water collection points.
Report by Covellm.
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