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Israel's Health Ministry: Lake Kinneret Cannot Be Cleared of Brain-Eating Amoeba
Israel's Ministry of Health announced it cannot eradicate the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri from the Sea of Galilee. The ministry cited the difficulty of treating an open water body and the low concentration of the amoeba, while advising swimmers to take precautions.
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- 01Israel's Ministry of Health cannot clear the Sea of Galilee of a brain-eating amoeba.
- 02Chlorinating the open lake is not feasible, according to health officials.
- 03The risk of infection increases with higher water temperatures.
- 04A nine-year-old boy is hospitalized with severe amoebic meningoencephalitis after swimming in the lake.
- 05Swimmers are advised to avoid getting water in their nose and use nose clips.
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