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Sharon Fifield: Queenstown Chamber of Commerce CEO on the state of emergency and the cryptosporidium outbreak

Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 8:25 p.m.

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Queenstown businesses are bracing themselves for tough times ahead with the town potentially having to boil water for months. \\xa0

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The area\'s in the grip of an outbreak of infections from a waterborne parasite.\\xa0

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Known cases of the cryptosporidium illness have reached 21, and the national water regulators have slapped a compliance notice on the region. \\xa0

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Queenstown Chamber of Commerce CEO Sharon Fifield told Mike Hosking that businesses are managing things at the moment. \\xa0

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Adding to the misery, a state of emergency has just been declared in Queenstown due to the weather.\\xa0

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