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Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak in Poland Claims 16 Lives

Legionnaire's disease x-ray
FILE - This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease. Poland's internal security officers were searching for the source of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease which has killed seven people and infected more than 100 others in the strategic city of Rzeszow, near the border with Ukraine, authorities said Friday Aug. 25, 2023. (Francis Chandler/CDC via AP, File)
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Overview

  • The outbreak has killed 16 people and hospitalized over 150 in southeastern Poland.
  • The outbreak is concentrated in Rzeszow, with the municipal water supply the likely source.
  • Rzeszow has become a hub for the international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
  • Authorities are dispelling unfounded rumors of Russian responsibility for the outbreak.
  • The city has shut off water fountains and chlorinated the water supply in response to the outbreak.