SUMMARY - (Country: United Kingdom) In the county of Devon, residents are being asked to boil their water as the water company, South West Water, has detected small amounts of the parasite cryptosporidium which causes the illness "cryptosporidiosis." Hundreds have been claimed to be sickened but, so far, there have only been 22 verified cases with another 70 cases being investigated. The illness typically causes diarrhea-type symptoms and typically lasts for about two weeks.
NOTE - The original subject line for this topic was "Cryptosporidiosis - UK - 22 known cases, possibly hundreds." It has been changed to better reflect the nature of the thread.
LINK - https://news.sky.com/story/brixham-water-firm-apologises-for-parasite-outbreak-as-infected-woman-in-a-dreadful-state-13136944
