76 UES Buildings Test Positive For Legionella: See New List
Seventy-six buildings on the Upper East Side, including major cultural institutions, have tested positive for Legionella bacteria.
Quick answers
Which major landmarks are affected?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim are among the 76 buildings that tested positive for the bacteria.
What is the status of the outbreak?
According to reports, the number of new Legionnaires' disease cases is slowing, though 63 cases have been linked to the Upper East Side.
What action is being taken?
City officials have ordered the mandatory cleaning of cooling towers in all 76 buildings identified with positive test results.
The brief
New York City officials have ordered the cleaning of 76 cooling towers following positive Legionella test results on the Upper East Side. The affected buildings include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, and various schools and banks.
Coverage from PIX11, Spectrum News NY1, The Independent, ABC7, NBC News, Gothamist, AP News, the New York Post, and Patch emphasizes that while the number of affected buildings has increased, the rate of new Legionnaires' disease diagnoses is slowing. Reports indicate 63 cases have been confirmed in the area.
Public health efforts remain focused on the sanitation of cooling towers. Official reports do not yet specify the precise source of the outbreak or indicate when the cleaning process will conclude.
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Coverage (11)
- The Met, Guggenheim, schools, banks and more test positive for Legionella PIX11 · 47d ago
- Legionnaires' outbreak slows as NYC continues cleaning cooling towers Spectrum News NY1 · 47d ago
- Legionnaire’s disease is spreading through New York — and now impacting a world-famous museum The Independent · 47d ago
- Met Museum of Art in NYC among dozens of buildings flagged in Legionella outbreak ABC7 Chicago · 47d ago
- Legionnaires' outbreak: 76 buildings ordered to clean cooling towers, including the Met ABC7 New York · 47d ago
- New cases slow in NYC Legionnaires’ disease outbreak; Met museum among buildings with positive tests NBC News · 47d ago
- Legionnaires' outbreak grows to 63 cases on Upper East Side Spectrum News NY1 · 47d ago
- Number of UES buildings with positive Legionella tests more than doubles since preliminary findings Gothamist · 47d ago
- New diagnoses slow in NYC Legionnaires’ disease outbreak; source still unclear AP News · 47d ago
- Met Museum, several pricey NYC prep schools among 76 buildings positive for bacteria behind Legionnaires' outbreak New York Post · 47d ago
- 76 UES Buildings Test Positive For Legionella: See New List Patch · 47d ago
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