By Correspondent
The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed 16 cases of a diarrhoea-type illness due to contaminated water a Sky News report says.
The diarrhoea has been confirmed in Devon.
70 further cases of diarrhoea and vomiting have been reported by residents in Brixham.
The HSA said it is working with Torbay Council, South West Water (SWW), NHS Devon and the Environment Agency to investigate the confirmed cases.
People living in two different areas have now been told to boil their tap drinking water.
Sky says small traces of a parasite which can cause a disease with diarrhoea symptoms were first found on Wednesday.
The South West Water has since advised residents to boil their water.
“Customers in Alston and the Hillhead area of Brixham are advised to boil their drinking water before consuming following new test results for cryptosporidium.
“We are issuing this notice following small traces of the organism identified overnight and this morning”.
The diarrhoea is called cryptosporidiosis.
It is predominantly a waterborne disease and infections can be caused by drinking contaminated water.
