Legionella Outbreak: Milan Death & Hospitalizations | Latest News

A suspected outbreak of legionella was identified in the neighborhood of San Siroa Milano in the area of through Rembrandt. The reported cases, underline from Ats Milanothere are eleven who “present predisposing risk factors for legionella infection”. One person is dead e otto I’m at the moment hospitalized. Investigations have begun to find the cause of the infection with sampling in homes, for which laboratory results are awaited, and others are being evaluated “sensitive places” of the neighborhood. “Legionella – underlines LHealth Protection Agency – it is a bacterium that lives in aquatic environments from which it can spread into the water supply of homes and other systems. Contagion occurs exclusively through inhalation of tiny drops (aerosol) of contaminated water. Contagion from person to person is not possible, nor by drinking the water.”