Overview
- Ats Città Metropolitana di Milano reports 11 suspected legionella cases tied to the San Siro area near via Rembrandt.
- One person has died and eight people remain hospitalized, according to the health agency’s initial tally.
- Investigators have begun collecting water samples in residences and assessing other sensitive sites in the neighborhood.
- Authorities note the patients have predisposing risk factors and stress that transmission occurs via inhalation of contaminated water aerosol, not person-to-person or by drinking.
- Epidemiological surveillance continues as lab analyses proceed, with officials citing separate Milan cases recorded in July on via Rizzoli as recent context.