Another public pool has had to be drained after a person sick with a highly contagious parasitic stomach bug circulating in ...

Another public pool has had to be drained after a person sick with a highly contagious parasitic stomach bug circulating in ...

Yesterday a Hutt City Council spokesperson said some cases in the outbreak were linked to the toddlers pool at Te Ngaengae and the Huia Hydro Pool. Those pools had been treated and reopened.

The majority of cases were from the Hutt Valley, mostly people who used a pool, or had contact with someone who used a pool.

Hutt City Council is draining some of its pools previously associated with cryptosporidiosis after a spate of gastric illness ...