- "Due to the health crisis due to Covid-19 [...] the Regional Health Agency advises you to boil tap water before consuming it. "
- This message, signed by the town hall of Rédange (Moselle) and widely shared on social networks, feeds fears of contamination with coronavirus by drinking water.
- Contacted by 20 Minutes, the town hall of Rédange confirms the authenticity of the message but specifies that this recommendation has no link with the fear of virus contamination via running water.
Could the coronavirus be transmitted to humans through running water? This is what some internet users fear relaying the photo of a message that would be signed by the municipality of Rédange (Moselle), in Lorraine.
"Madam, Sir, due to the health crisis due to Covid-19 and, for safety reasons, the ARS (Regional Health Agency) advises you to boil tap water before consuming it (up to new order) ", affirms this" notice to the population "on" consumption of tap water ", signed by the mayor of the municipality and wearing the stamp of the municipality, as well as its logo and contact details.
"What is the reason for hiding from us?" "," ORANGE / RED FLASH SPECIAL URGENT ALERT ", worries two Internet users who shared the photo.
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Contacted by 2 0 Minutes , the town hall of Rédange confirms that it is at the origin of the message distributed in the mailboxes of the inhabitants but specifies that it "has no link with a fear of diffusion of the coronavirus by drinking water" .
“The last ARS analysis on the quality of our drinking water found a risk of contamination because of the turbidity [cloudy water] caused by the heavy rains in recent weeks. We are therefore waiting for the second network check to see if this problem is resolved but, because of the coronavirus [and the containment], the check has not yet taken place, ”continues the town hall.
"The formulation is unfortunate but it has nothing to do with a fear of contamination with the coronavirus"
The drinking water of Rédange was effectively subject to health control by the ARS on March 10, as can be checked on the municipality's website. An analysis which revealed that "the supply water [does] not comply with the regulatory quality limit for the turbidity parameter". “Turbidity can create a risk of microbiological contamination and disturb disinfection. The necessary corrective measures must be taken to restore the quality of the water. A rechecking analysis is underway ”, can we read more precisely in the conclusions of this health check.
"The wording of the message is unfortunate and has caused confusion in the minds, but this measure has nothing to do with a fear of contamination with coronavirus, and we are quite surprised at the extent that it has taken on social networks ", Concludes the town hall of Rédange.
If the coronavirus can remain for several days on certain surfaces, there is indeed no indication that it can survive in the water consumed by humans, which does not arrive as it is in our taps. "At present, there is no evidence that Covid-19 survives in drinking water or pipes," says the World Health Organization (WHO), based in particular on the known characteristics of coronaviruses similar to Covid-19, particularly fragile against chlorine.
The question is far from being posed in the only commune of Rédange since the town hall of Paris had split details on this subject as of March 17. “Paris water is protected against the coronavirus as it is against any biological threat. And due, it is treated several times before arriving in the hearths, "underlined thus the site of the capital, by recalling that this triple treatment - by ozonation, by disinfection with ultraviolet, and by chlorination -" eliminates all the viruses "
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