2 Students Died In The Midst Of The Issue Of The Giardiasis Outbreak Attacking Elementary School In Liverpool

Illustration of elementary school in England. (Pixabay-jarmoluk)

JAKARTA - At least two elementary school students in Liverpool died amid news that their school was facing health problems 'attacked' by the Giardiasis outbreak.

Millstead Elementary School on the outskirts of Everton confirmed that two of his five and six-year-old students died.

"The entire Millstead School community was devastated by the death of two of our sad young children recently," said Millstead Elementary School Principal Michelle Beard, quoted from Metro.co.uk, Wednesday, July 10.

The Giardiasis outbreak is indeed attacking an elementary school in the Liverpool area.

Giardiasis, also known as Giardia, is an intestinal infection caused by a single-celled parasite.

The parasite is spread through contaminated water, such as swallowing water from rivers, lakes or puddles. Transmission can also be caused by contact with infected people.

Although difficult to diagnose, gyriasis does not pose a big risk and is easy to treat with antibiotics.

Elementary school Millstead also denied that the two students died as a result of the Giardiasis outbreak.

"It's impossible," said Beard.

The UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA), which is tasked with monitoring infectious diseases and environmental hazards, also denied that the two children died from the Giardiasis outbreak.

The death is most likely not caused by the giardia. Giardia usually causes gastrointestinal diseases that can recover by themselves and can spread easily in households and schools," the UKHSA statement said.

However, UKHSA noted that Giardiasis' number of reports increased from year to year from 2013 to at least 2017.

Nearly 4,800 confirmed cases of Giardiasis in England and Wales in 2017.