Overview

• A 57-year-old British tourist is in critical condition at a Heraklion hospital after contracting Legionnaires’ disease during her stay in a Crete hotel.
• Greek state television reports that 50 percent of water samples from hotels and public buildings on Crete tested positive for Legionella bacteria.
• Crete’s regional health department has intensified inspections and ordered hotels to adjust water system temperatures to inhibit bacterial growth.
• The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control issued an emergency warning for the hotel linked to the tourist’s infection.
• Despite the ongoing contamination concerns, the German Foreign Office has not issued a travel warning for Crete.