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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – Australia (02): (NS) fatal, cooling towers susp, RFI

Legionnaires' -- AustraliaAn elderly man has died after an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in Sydney's CBD [central business district], but the state government now believes the crisis is over.NSW [New South Wales] Health has confirmed a total of 9 people contracted the potentially fatal disease, which is believed to have been spread by a contaminated cooling tower in the populous Town Hall area.The same strain of the disease was found in a man in his 80s who died over the weekend [12-13 Mar 2016]; Read more [...]