Woman dies of Legionnaires’

A woman has died of a suspected Legionnaires’ disease infection with 11 other cases already confirmed, public health chiefs said yesterday. An investigation is underway in South Wales to find the source of the outbreak. The 64-year-old woman, who has...

A woman has died of a suspected Legionnaires’ disease infection with 11 other cases already confirmed, public health chiefs said yesterday.

An investigation is underway in South Wales to find the source of the outbreak.

The 64-year-old woman, who has not been named, died yesterday and is an unconfirmed case of the disease.

“Public Health Wales (PHW), in collaboration with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and environmental health officers from seven South Wales local authorities, is investigating an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease clustered around the Heads of the Valleys corridor.

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