"46 people...began vomiting and had diarrhea after playing in a river in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture"
"The prefectural govt is [testing] water quality...for suspected infectious diseases"
"While beaches...are regularly surveyed for water quality, waterfalls and rivers are reportedly not tested"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240821/p2a/00m/0na/003000c
🔸Was warned not to drink from streams in Hokkaido some years ago due to possible Echinococcus infection. Realized that nature is not benign.
#Kumamoto #Japan #river #infection
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