Legionella Bacteria

• N.B. public health confirms death in Moncton legionnaires outbreak

  Public health is also trying to determine if it is dealing with a connected outbreak or a coincidental cluster of unrelated cases.

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  Aug 31, 2021
  
• Montreal public health investigates after 10 cases of legionnaires’ disease, 2 deaths

  Public health is asking residents to ensure that home hot water heaters maintain a temperature above 60 C to prevent growth of the bacteria.

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  Aug 4, 2021
  
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• Siblings looking for answers after deaths of two family members in Dartmouth’s Alderney Manor

  Precautionary water testing is underway at Alderney Manor for Legionella bacteria after a family made a complaint to the province after two family members died of pneumonia.

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  Jul 13, 2021
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• Montreal public health says Legionnaires’ outbreak in LaSalle under control

  While eight people were hospitalized after contracting Legionnaires' disease, no deaths were reported.

  Oct 13, 2020
• Simcoe Muskoka health unit concludes investigation into Orillia Legionnaires’ disease outbreak

  It's believed that one fatality "may be related" to the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Orillia, according to the local health unit's medical officer of health.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2019
• Middlesex-London Health Unit says cooling tower is the source of legionnaires’ disease outbreak

  The MLHU says an investigation is still ongoing but that laboratory tests have linked the cooling tower to the largest cluster of cases.

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  Sep 26, 2019
• Legionella contamination closes Beaconsfield Arena

  The Beaconsfield Arena has been closed due to a legionella contamination.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2017