Victorian premier says hunt for contaminated water source continues and urges anyone with symptoms of disease to seek medical attention
Victorian premier Jacinta Allan says the health department is testing and cleaning cooling towers in response to the legionnaires’ disease outbreak, with cases expected to rise.Victorian premier Jacinta Allan says the health department is testing and cleaning cooling towers in response to the legionnaires’ disease outbreak, with cases expected to rise.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “Particularly for people who may have other underlying conditions or who may be vulnerable or immunocompromised, this can be quite a severe illness,” Allan said. “They’re working with a range of hypotheses, but … I don’t want to go into too much detail at the moment in relation to that. I’ll leave that to the chief health officer.”
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