The Director-General of Health (DGS), Francis George, gave Saturday a press conference within the legionella outbreak that led to the internment of tens of people, leaving some advice to the public.
According to the official, who spoke to journalists after a meeting with the staff of the Ministry of Health, should be avoided if the shower and the “great pressure” from the taps, as a preventive measure. On the other hand, “the head of the shower can be submerged in a solution of water with bleach since it has the very odor of bleach ‘he said.
According to Francis George, those who have water heaters must maintain temperature above 75 degrees because the bacteria “can not afford to growth ‘above this value, adding that” those who use whirlpools, jacuzzis “should not do well.
The Director General of Health confirmed yet we do not know what the source of the outbreak of legionella, adding that research teams have been strengthened.
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