8 Texas cities alerted to a brain-eating amoeba found in water supply, Sept 2020

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Disinfecting the Texas water supply from a brain-eating amoeba could take months, officials say — CNN

“Gov. Greg Abbott held a news conference Tuesday to address what he called "the total tragedy" of the death of Josiah McIntyre, who CNN previously reported died from single-celled brain eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri found in the Lake Jackson water supply earlier this month.

While Naegleria fowleri infections are rare, most are fatal, according to the CDC. “

 

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Water distribution site temporarily closes due to COVID

“A worker’s positive COVID-19 test has temporarily closed a water distribution site at the recreation center until “hopefully Tuesday,” Lake Jackson City Manager Modesto Mundo said.

“We asked the state to close the (point of distribution) down temporarily and they are sending in a new group of soldiers to do testing tomorrow,” Mundo said Sunday afternoon. “The military will do testing and decontamination of the site tomorrow.”

The worker showed symptoms and was informed of the diagnosis Sunday afternoon, officials said.

They estimate “roughly 50 people” were at the site when the employee was there, Mundo said.”