Salmonella outbreak sickens 183
Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. said he was impressed with local health officials’ response to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in Alamosa.
“They very much have the situation under control,” Ritter said. “We likely have not seen the last case of it because there is an incubation period.”
There have been 183 cases of salmonella linked to the outbreak, city spokeswoman Connie Ricci said. Of those, 57 were confirmed by lab testing, and nine people were hospitalized.
Officials plan to begin flushing the water system Tuesday.
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