南非首都比勒陀利亚附近的居民被警告不要饮用或用自来水烹饪，此前已有400多人（多为4岁以下儿童）因饮用受污染的水而生病。
Residents living near South Africa's capital, Pretoria, have been warned not to drink or cook with tap water after more than 400 people, mostly children under four, fell ill after drinking contaminated water.
官员表示，病例在茨瓦内（包含比勒陀利亚的地区）被发现，在两周内人们因“胃痉挛和腹泻”前往当地医院就诊。目前未报告死亡病例，但水中检出高浓度大肠杆菌。
The cases were detected in Tshwane, the area which includes Pretoria, after people reported to their local hospital with "stomach cramps and diarrhoea" over a two-week period, officials said. No deaths have been reported but high levels of E. coli were found in the water.
近年来茨瓦内曾多次爆发水源性疾病。2023年，比勒陀利亚郊外的一个城镇发生霍乱疫情，造成29人死亡。那次发生在汉马斯克拉尔的疫情，与水质净化标准不达标有关。
Tshwane has faced numerous outbreaks from waterborne diseases in recent years. In 2023, 29 people were killed by a cholera outbreak in a township just outside Pretoria. That outbreak, in Hammanskraal, was linked to substandard water purification practices.
2025年，官方在比勒陀利亚以东同一地区确诊了48例伤寒病例，疫情源头仍不清楚。最新病例中未检出霍乱弧菌。
In 2025, officials confirmed 48 cases of typhoid in the same area east of Pretoria. The source of the outbreak remains unclear. No cholera bacteria has been found in the latest cases.
水利部和卫生部周一在联合声明中表示，10月7日至18日期间，在约五个城镇共检出408例病例。
The departments of water and health, in a joint statement on Monday, said 408 cases had been detected between 7 and 18 October in about five townships.
声明称，实验室检测“表明疾病是由居民接触受污染的水引起的”，该水源来自一家向比勒陀利亚以东多个社区供水的当地水处理设施。
They said that lab tests "indicate that the illness has been caused by residents being exposed to contaminated water" from a local water treatment facility supplying water to several communities east of Pretoria.
官员表示，检测样本发现诺如病毒、弯曲杆菌、志贺氏菌以及“其他导致胃痉挛和腹泻的病原体”。调查组初步调查发现，当地政府未能警告居民水源受到污染。
Samples tested found norovirus, campylobacter, shigella and "other pathogens that cause stomach cramps and diarrhoea", officials said. The team's early investigations found that local authorities had failed to warn residents about the contaminated water.
供应该地区的水已被认定不适合人类饮用，当局敦促居民仅将其用于冲厕所。已派遣水车提供洁净饮用水。
The water supplied to the area has been declared unfit for human consumption and authorities urged residents to only use it to flush toilets. Tankers have been dispatched to supply clean drinking water.
“之前储存的水应丢弃，储水容器必须用家用漂白剂消毒，”官员说。
"Previously stored water should be discarded, and water containers must be disinfected using household bleach," officials said. Go to for more news from the African continent.