Merida Amoeba Case: Inspectors Confirm Lake Irregularities After Instructor's Death
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Company responsible for the artificial lake of a commercial square will face a fine of 15 thousand UMAs, equivalent to 1 million 755 thousand pesos, after the death of a man for amoeba comebras, informed the secretary of Health of Yucatán, Miguel Alberto Alcocer Gamboa. This, when confirming the health breaches detected in the body of [...]
The fine that could be paid by the responsible company exceeds one and a half million pesos, according to the secretary of Health, Alberto Alcocer Por Redacción Mérida, Yucatán, September 18, 2026.- Approximately 180 people continue under epidemiological surveillance by the Ministry of Health (SSY) after being exposed in the lake contaminated by the amoeba Naegleria fowleri, better known as “ameba comebras” in the commercial square La Isla. This…
A confirmed case of Naegleria fowleri in Mérida triggered the health alarms in Yucatán, after a 34-year-old man died after being exposed to this micro-organism. Amoeba, popularly known as the “comebras ameba”, is capable of causing an extremely rare and highly lethal disease. The presence of the micro-organism was [...]
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