Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Source Likely a Cooling Tower

Victorian authorities have identified a cooling tower as the likely source of a Legionnaires Disease outbreak in the state. The health department confirmed 78 cases and 10 suspected cases of Legionnaires  disease in just a week and a half as of 5 p.m. Aug. 5. Two people have died from this outbreak, including a man in his 60s and a woman in her 90s.  Health authorities have been working to identify the source of the outbreak for a days in Melbourne’s western suburbs. Chief Health Officer Dr. Clare Looker confirmed on Aug. 5 that Legionella bacteria had been detected in a sample from a cooling tower in the suburb of Laverton North....