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Swimming: Cryptosporidium Alert - Additional Precautions Recommended
NSW Health has advised of very high rates of cryptosporidiosis, a diarrhoeal disease, in the community.
To prevent cryptosporidiosis transmission among swimmers, NSW Health recommends:
- Students are advised to refrain from swimming if they are experiencing, or have experienced in the two weeks prior, gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhoea.
- Parents emphasise to their children the importance of regular handwashing with soap and water.
- Parents remind students to avoid swallowing pool water.
Cryptosporidium is present in the faeces of infected people. Outbreaks have been linked to water sources contaminated by infectious people, including swimming pools.
For more information on cryptosporidiosis, see the media release below or visit the link here.