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A farm in Spain has been closed by health authorities after a woman contracted cholera from drinking the tap water
The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain has sealed off a farm located in the province of Toledo in relation to a case of cholera detected in a young woman living in Madrid, according to the health ministry.
After receiving a call from the National Centre of Epidemiology stating that a young woman under the age of 18 who was living in the Spanish capital had contracted cholera after drinking water from the farm’s tap, the health authorities proceeded to close the place.
Tests on water from the farm for Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera, have confirmed that the cholera originated there, meaning this could be the first case of cholera in Spain that hasn’t been imported from abroad since 1979.
In addition, sources from the Madrid regional health authorities state that “a case was admitted to a private centre” for cholera, but that the patient “has now been discharged”.
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