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Milan Confirms Legionella Cluster in San Siro With 11 Cases and One Death

Health officials are testing homes, cooling towers, water lines to pinpoint the source.

Overview

  • Patients live in different buildings with no epidemiological links, and one person remains hospitalized.
  • Investigators sampled 29 homes tied to cases and controls, with early tests from four residences finding one positive in a control home that was directed to undergo remediation.
  • Evaporative cooling towers in the area have been checked and one tower was sampled because it was operating.
  • Multiple points on the public water network were sampled and laboratory analyses are still underway.
  • Other frequented sites showed no risk and the neighborhood has no ornamental fountains, as officials stress aerosol-only transmission rather than person-to-person spread or drinking water.