The investigation continues with a strange bacterium that forced the closure of a beach in Punta del Este

The sanitary flag, red with a green cross, which floated above the guard post on the beach of La Mansa, surprised all the tourists. Although the measure was lifted on Thursday, the authorities asked for maximum caution.

The director of the environment of the municipality of Maldonado, Betty Molina, explained that the lifting of the measure is not final. "We will continue to monitor the waters constantly because, as there are still green areas in the Río de la Plata, different parts (…) could move and reach again."

Molina explained that the reduction of green algae on Thursday was due to a change in climate. "A cold current is coming in, coming from the south, and it is changing the conditions of the water, which stops being favorable to the development of these cyanobacteria which reproduce in very hot waters", he told Clarin.