Courtesy NYC.Gov

3 Dead, 24 Hospitalized in NYC Legionnaires’ Cluster

MOHAMED FARGHALY

mfarghaly@queensledger.com

A recent cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases in Central Harlem has raised alarm in New York City as the Department of Health reports 81 infections, including 24 hospitalizations and three deaths, over the past two weeks. The outbreak has prompted plans to increase enforcement, penalties, and reporting requirements for building water systems suspected to be sources of infection.

Dr. Andrew Fleming, chief of infectious diseases and hospital epidemiologist at a local hospital, spoke extensively about the disease, emphasizing the need for awareness and preventive measures amid the ongoing outbreak.

“As an infectious disease doctor, I see all sorts of patients with a variet

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