UAE authorities reported a small number of people with symptoms linked to contaminated water after the floods
A small number of people in the United Arab Emirates developed symptoms linked to contaminated water following torrential rains and flooding, according to the health ministry.
The announcement, carried by the state news agency late yesterday, did not say the exact number of people affected or what kind of treatment they received.
There have been “a very limited number of cases that showed some symptoms indicating that they were affected by the impure water” and were taken to hospital, the ministry said. He did not specify what exactly had contaminated the water.
The UAE was hit by record rainfall on April 16, flooding some neighborhoods in Dubai and other cities.
Four people lost their lives in these floods.
