The risk of Legionella infection is spreading in New York City.
On the 10th, the City Department of Public Health announced that it had ordered immediate disinfection work after positive Legionella tests were confirmed in the cooling towers of a total of 31 buildings, including the famous Manhattan Guggenheim Museum. According to the Department of Public Health, as of that day, cleaning and disinfection work on cooling towers had been completed at 19 buildings, including the Guggenheim, and the remaining 12 buildings must complete the work by the 11th.
The Department stated that immediately after becoming aware of the Legionella cluster outbreak on the 2nd, it tested more than 180 cooling towers, confirming positive results at 31 locations. According to the Department of Public Health’s announcement on the 11th, the number of Legionella cluster cases in Manhattan’s Upper East Side has risen to 56. Currently, 16 people are hospitalized, and 31 have been discharged. There have been no deaths, and nine people did not require hospitalization. The three zip codes with a high concentration of infected individuals are 10028, 10128, and 10075. Major symptoms of Legionellosis, caused by Legionella bacteria, include coughing, high fever, muscle pain, and difficulty breathing.