Legionnaires' -- Australia
Owners of buildings in Sydney's CBD [central business district] have been put on notice after 4 workers recently contracted Legionnaires' disease.
NSW [New South Wales] Health has reported the outbreak could be from contaminated water [from] cooling towers in a number of large buildings. Unlike many other bacterial diseases, Legionnaires' disease isn't spread by human contact, but it typically occurs when a person breathes in contaminated water or dust.
The outbreak comes shortly after a
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6284443&promed&0
No comments:
Post a Comment