Legionnaire's outbreak in Sabadell
Thursday, September 18, 2014 @ 2:44 PM
AN OUTBREAK of Legionnaire's disease in Sabadell (Barcelona province) has left two dead and another 20 ill, 17 of whom are in hospital.
All patients caught the disease between September 5 and 14.
They are said to be 12 men and 10 women aged between 45 and 94 years of age.
Three have been discharged from hospital already, but two have lost their lives.
Regional health authorities in Catalunya do not believe the Legionnaire's has reached epidemic proportions, but is more likely to come from a source close to the patients' homes in a place they frequented regularly, since no cases have as yet been seen outside Sabadell.
The health service has been carrying out stringent investigations and taking samples from possible areas where the 22 affected people may have caught the disease, as well as disinfecting and thoroughly cleaning these places.
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