❗️Swimming in a fountain in the heat, or even just soaking your feet or hands in it, can cause you to catch various infections, including rotavirus and hepatitis A — epidemiologists
The water in the fountains is not disinfected, doctors warned. You can become infected if, for example, you wash your hands in a fountain and then eat something or scratch your eye.
An increase in water temperature promotes the proliferation of microorganisms. Cats, dogs and birds can swim in the fountain. That is, the source of infection enters the fountain.
