Police Seize Gigantic Boa Constrictor in Times SquareĬoncerns about prevention and safety prompted the city to develop and pass new legislation to regulate cooling towers, one of the locations where Legionella, the bacteria that causes the potentially severe pneumonia-like disease in people who are exposed to it, is likely to grow.

'We have worked closely with both the city and the state since this issue first arose and have done everything requested to address the situation.' 'It's particularly disappointing because our system is 2 years old, has the most up-to-date technology available and our maintenance plan has been consistent with the regulations that both the city and the state are putting in place,' the statement said. The Opera House Hotel said in a statement that it was disappointed to learn its cooling tower was the source of the outbreak.

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In total, 14 of 39 buildings with the type of cooling towers that lend themselves to Legionella growth were found to be contaminated. 3 and we are now well past the incubation period of the disease,' Bassett said.Ĭity, state and federal officials canvassed more than 700 sites in the south Bronx, where the outbreak was focused, in their search for the source. 'We have not seen anyone become sick in the area of the outbreak since Aug. Member of Green Gang That Attacked, Robbed Times Square Subway Riders Arrested: Police No new cases have been reported in nearly three weeks. Since July 10, 128 cases of Legionnaires' have been reported. Health Commissioner Mary Bassett made the announcement at an afternoon news briefing Thursday as she declared the outbreak was 'over.'

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Local, state and federal officials tested samples from 25 patients linked to the outbreak, including some who died, and in each case found a match to the strain of Legionella found in the cooling tower at the Opera House Hotel. The last case reported in connection with the outbreak was reported two days later. The tower at the Opera House Hotel was disinfected Aug.

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Health officials have identified a cooling tower at the Opera House Hotel as the source of the Legionnaires' spike that has sickened more than 120 people in the Bronx, killing 12 of them, since July, marking the largest outbreak of the disease in New York City history.

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