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Breaking: New Legionnaires? Outbreak In Washington Heights
October 5, 2018 at 4:54 pm
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) ? New York City?s Department of Health says a second community in Washington Heights has been affected by an outbreak of Legionnaires? disease.
All eight were hospitalized and one patient has reportedly been discharged. All of the infected Washington Heights residents were between 40 and 80 years old, with most of the patients over the age of 50.
?The Health Department has sampled 20 cooling towers within a mile radius; cooling towers that test positive for legionella will immediately be ordered to increase biocide,? the city?s Department of Health said in a press release Friday...
Breaking: New Legionnaires? Outbreak In Washington Heights
October 5, 2018 at 4:54 pm
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) ? New York City?s Department of Health says a second community in Washington Heights has been affected by an outbreak of Legionnaires? disease.
All eight were hospitalized and one patient has reportedly been discharged. All of the infected Washington Heights residents were between 40 and 80 years old, with most of the patients over the age of 50.
?The Health Department has sampled 20 cooling towers within a mile radius; cooling towers that test positive for legionella will immediately be ordered to increase biocide,? the city?s Department of Health said in a press release Friday...
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