Olunye undwendwe lwasehotele luye lwasweleka emva kokuba losulelwe sisifo iLegionnaires ngoxa luhlala kwiHotele iSheraton Atlanta eGeorgia, eUnited States.
Amagosa ezempilo achaze ukuba ezinye iimeko ze-11 zeLegionnaires zidibene nehotele kunye namatyala angama-61 anokuthi achongwe. Abo banamatyala aqinisekisiweyo baye kwindibano embindi wedolophu yaseAtlanta ekuqaleni kukaJulayi.
UCameo Garrett, oneminyaka engama-49, ngumntu osweleke emva kokuhlala ehotele. Unobangela wokufa kwakhe yayisisifo semithambo yemithambo yentliziyo “esenziwa mandundu yiLegionella pneumonia.”
Ihotele ikhuphe zonke iindwendwe zayo nge-15 kaJulayi kwaye okwangoku isavaliwe.
Isifo seLegionnaires luhlobo olubi losulelo lwemiphunga olubangelwa yintsholongwane yeLegionella. Abantu bayayifumana xa bephefumla amathontsi amancinane amanzi emoyeni aneLegionella. Ibhaktheriya ikhula kakuhle emanzini ashushu kwaye inokufumaneka kwiintloko zeshawari kunye neetephu, iibhabhu ezishushu, iinqaba zokupholisa, iitanki zamanzi ashushu, imithombo yokuhombisa, okanye iinkqubo zemibhobho kwizakhiwo ezikhulu.
Iimpawu ziquka umkhuhlane, ukugodola, ukukhohlela kunye nokuphefumla nzima.
ISebe laseGeorgia lezeMpilo yoLuntu lathi abantu abahlala kwihotele yase-Atlanta phakathi kwe-12 kaJuni kunye ne-15 kaJulayi kufuneka bafune unyango ngokukhawuleza ukuba baneempawu ezihambelana ne-legionellosis.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The bacteria grows best in warm water and can be found in shower heads and faucets, hot tubs, cooling towers, hot water tanks, decorative fountains, or plumbing systems in large buildings.
- ISebe laseGeorgia lezeMpilo yoLuntu lathi abantu abahlala kwihotele yase-Atlanta phakathi kwe-12 kaJuni kunye ne-15 kaJulayi kufuneka bafune unyango ngokukhawuleza ukuba baneempawu ezihambelana ne-legionellosis.
- Those with confirmed cases attended a convention at the downtown Atlanta hotel in early July.
