116 sick people, including 72 children and 44 adults. This is the worrying evaluation made by the Portuguese health authorities on Friday, August 1, after the contamination of a swimming area on a beach in Nazaré, on the Atlantic coast in Portugal.
According to the first elements of the investigation reported by the Portuguese press agency PortugueseThe incident would be linked to a breakdown of the sewerage system.
“A recent technical problem with the rain sewer system has led to an abnormal rejection of wastewater in the ocean, accompanied by bad odors near the coast,” said the municipality of Nazaré, who immediately ordered the closure of the beach and prohibits swimming.
Nausea, vomiting …
At the moment, all infected people have similar symptoms: nausea, vomiting and sometimes diarrhea. According to the Portuguese newspaper Diário of newsThe swimming prohibition rose on Saturday, at the end of the day, after the tests that turned out to be convincing.
“It was possible to confirm that seawater is currently clear and transparent, without any sign of macroscopic organic components,” Nazaré City Council said in a press release. The Local Health Health Unit (ULS) in the Leiria region said that sick people have found an improvement in their symptoms.
Source: BFM TV
