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New Delhi, June 27, 2020 :
- Travelers should avoid consuming tap water.
- Avoid ice made from tap water.
- Avoid any food rinsed in tap water.
- Chlorination kills most bacterial and viral pathogens.
- Chlorination does not kill Giardia and Entamoeba cysts or Cryptosporidium.
- Boiled/treated water is safe.
- Carbonated drinks, wine and drinks made with boiled water are safe.
- Freezing does not kill the organisms that cause diarrhea. Ice in drinks is not safe unless it has been made from adequately boiled or filtered water.
- Alcohol does not sterilize water or the ice. Mixed drinks may still be contaminated.
- Hot tea and coffee are the best alternates to boiled water.
- Bottled drinks should be requested without ice and should be drunk from the bottle with a straw rather than with a glass.
- Boiling water for 3 minutes followed by cooling to room temperature will kill bacteria.
- Adding 5 drops of tincture of iodine to 1 liter of water will kill bacteria within 30 minutes.
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