South Africa’s (SA) Health Minister Doctor Aaron Motsoaledi says children are bearing the brunt of the waterborne illness outbreak in Tshwane, Gauteng province.<\/p>\n
He was briefing Parliament\u2019s Portfolio Committee on Health after more than 500 people fell ill after the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Works plant stopped treating water with chlorine and failed to inform residents.<\/p>\n
Tshwane Mayor Dr. Nasiphi Moya suspended the plant Manager on Friday as investigations continue.<\/p>\n
Motsoaledi says the pattern of infections, affecting people from as young as one month to 60 years, points to water rather than food as the source.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe concluded that it is a waterborne problem. It\u2019s not from food; it\u2019s from water. The simple reason being that the age range of the people affected is a one-month-old baby to 60-year-old adults. Those people don\u2019t share any form of food together. It\u2019s only water that we know that they share. Children have been affected more than adults.\u201d<\/p>\n
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