Legionnaires' Cases Rise In Manhattan's Upper East Side As Dozens Of Cooling Towers Test Positive
Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
New York Health officials have identified dozens of cooling towers in Manhattan’s Upper East Side that tested positive for traces of Legionella bacteria, as Legionnaires’ disease cases reached 63 as of Tuesday. So far, 12 people are currently hospitalized, and 40 have been discharged from the hospital.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene published a list this week detailing building cooling towers where initial PCR tests were positive for the bacteria.
Owners must drain, clean, and disinfect those cooling towers immediately. Many have already completed the work, with a few pending, according to numbers published by officials.
The towers with positive PCR results, according to the health department’s July 14 update, include 60 East End Avenue, 100 East End Avenue, 180 East End Avenue, and a long string along Madison, Park, York, and Fifth avenues, plus blocks of East 78th through 95th streets.
A handful still show cleaning pending, including 80 East End Avenue and 90 East End Avenue. The department posted exact addresses and street numbers, ...
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