BC, Canada: Three cases of Legionnaires? Disease in Surrey

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Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/legionella-outbreak-in-surrey-likely-from-local-source-1.4076702

Legionella outbreak in Surrey likely from local source
Penny Daflos, Reporter, CTV Vancouver
Published Friday, August 31, 2018 7:23PM PDT

Three people in Surrey, B.C. have been hospitalized with Legionnaires? Disease, a severe form of pneumonia that develops after being infected by the Legionella bacteria.

?We still don?t know where they were infected, but it?s suggestive of a local source,? Dr. Aamir Bharmal of the Fraser Health Authority told CTV News, adding that the source is likely in the Guildford area...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...res-disease-outbreak-surrey-walmart-1.4815437

Surrey Walmart closed after legionnaires' disease outbreak
Fraser Health Authority confirms 7 cases under investigation. No health risk inside mall, says owner
CBC News ? Posted: Sep 07, 2018 2:50 PM PT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago

An outbreak of legionnaires' disease has closed a Walmart at the Guildford Town Centre mall in Surrey.

Fraser Health Authority said on Friday seven cases of the respiratory infection have been confirmed in the past two weeks.

The authority has identified the bacteria that causes the disease in the store's cooling towers, but it said that doesn't mean they were the source...