The pools at the Vadaš swimming pool in Štúrovo will remain closed until the samples and their subsequent evaluation. To test for The parasitologist František Ondriska expressed.
Laboratory analysis of water samples from the swimming pool swimming pool preliminarily confirmed the presence of several types of amoeb in eight samples of ten, which were taken at the Vadaš swimming pool in Štúrovo on Saturday, June 14. This was confirmed by the main hygienist of the Slovak Republic Tatiana Červeňová. The specification of preliminary results, ie what specific amoeba is, is still working.
The control of the swimming pool is related to the death of 11-year-old Tomášek, who infected with the microorganism Naegleria Fowleri. The boy attended swimming training in Vadaš in early June. The area of the thermal swimming pool is preventively closed from Sunday (June 15).
At least a small relief comes for the classmates of the deceased boy with whom he had a swimming training. In case of infection with this dangerous amoeba would be They have been very likely to show symptoms of infection.
The risk period should have already expired. “The incubation period is reported from 1 to 14 days, with an average of about 7 days. However, it is very individual. But if other students were infected, the infection would have been manifested long ago. Most likely it will be fine with other students,” Explained by the scientist.
