2023-09-01 09:18:00
WARSAW, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — Poland’s local sanitation and epidemiological authorities on Thursday (Aug. Reveal the death toll from the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak. Legionnaires, a form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria in the city of Chechev in the southeast of the country The number of cases has risen to 18, and the pathogenic bacteria were detected in 157 hospitalized patients, with 9 men and 9 women dying from the disease. aged between 53 and 98 years and have other health conditions Legionnaires’ disease can result in severe pneumonia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the most common form of transmission is inhalation of contaminated airborne aerosols. which form together with water droplets, jets or smog of contaminated water sources
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