Health officials say they are investigating a cluster of seven Legionnaires' disease cases in one Bronx neighborhood, but the cluster is not related to the outbreak that sickened more than 120 people, killing 12 of them, in the borough over the summer.
No one has died in the current outbreak, which is limited to Morris Park, health officials said. Patients in the current cluster live or work in the neighborhood and range in age from 45 to 75; all are currently hospitalized, authorities said.
Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said the city was working to determine the source of the outbreak and taking immediate steps to protect the people who live and work in the area. Bassett urged anyone with flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough and headache, to seek care immediately.
She said the first case was reported Sept. 21 and the other six cases were reported over the next six days. Environmental scientists visited all cooling towers in the affected area over the weekend and took samples; results on the samples are pending.
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