PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – USA (14): (GA) hotel

Legionnaires’ — United States
Officials said 5 guests who stayed at a prominent downtown Atlanta hotel have become sick with legionnaires’ disease, prompting an investigation of the hotel on [Mon 15 Jul 2019]. “Based on epidemiological evidence we have an outbreak among people who stayed at the [Sheraton Atlanta] during the same time period,” said Nancy Nydam, director of communications at Georgia Department of Public Health, on [Tue 16 Jul 2019].
Legionnaires’ is a serious form of pneumonia that is non-contagious.