A cluster of confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease appeared in Daxi, Taoshi. The Municipal Health Bureau launched epidemic investigation and health education earlier this year.

(Information photo, provided by Peach City Health Bureau)

[Reporter Li Rongping/Taoyuan Report] Daxi District, Taoyuan City had an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease cluster infection since December 21 last year and the beginning of this year, and a total of 13 people were diagnosed; the Municipal Health Bureau said tonight that the last monitoring before the Spring Festival There were no new cases on the day of onset of one case, and the cluster infection was declared closed.

However, local city councilor Chen Zhiwen criticized the newly appointed mayor Zhang Shanzheng. Since the outbreak of the epidemic one month ago, he has never visited the Daxi Neizha area to visit the public. .

In response to the cluster infection of Legionnaires' disease in Daxi, the Health Bureau responded tonight, saying that Mayor Zhang Shanzheng attached great importance to the prevention and control of the epidemic in this case. Conditions and health education promotion, the head of the sanitation unit, Daxi District Mayor Chen Shengyi and the head of the district visited the residents one by one to check the health status of the residents and distributed bleach. Residents should use 50 to 100PPM (parts per million) concentration of bleach on a regular basis Water scrubbing and disinfection of residential water towers; the team also provides chlorine ingots to health and education professionals, strengthens the disinfection of water spray equipment, and provides water resources at local community water trucks during the epidemic period, and continuously monitors the epidemic situation to maintain the health of residents.

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The Health Bureau pointed out that after on-the-spot investigation and discussion by CDC epidemic prevention experts and staff from the Health Bureau, as well as consultation with CDC experts, the relevant causal relationship has not yet been confirmed. Epidemic prevention doctors are also analyzing the contents of the questionnaire survey of residents in the area. At present, although No definite correlation was found; since Legionella bacteria are ubiquitous in nature and man-made water facilities, it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled and not consumed raw, and attention should be paid to the cleaning and disinfection of water supply systems and pipelines and other related equipment to reduce the possibility of Legionella bacteria in the community potential risks.

In addition, the Health Bureau expanded environmental inspections to a total of 341 cases, of which 237 were negative and 3 were positive for environmental samples. After comparison by the CDC laboratory, there was no correlation between the strains of environmental samples and human samples.

A cluster of confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease appeared in Daxi, Taoshi. The Municipal Health Bureau launched epidemic investigation and health education earlier this year.

(Information photo, provided by Peach City Health Bureau)