Lancashire | Archive | 2002 | August | 7
From the Bolton Evening News, first published Wednesday 7th Aug 2002.
MORE than 120 people were today receiving treatment for Legionnaires' disease following the biggest outbreak in the UK for more than a decade.
Historically up to 15% of people who contract the disease die from the bug, a form of pneumonia.
So far one person has died following the outbreak which has already seen 92 people - all with links to the Cumbrian town of Barrow-in-Furness - confirmed as suffering from the disease.
Nineteen were in intensive care units across the north west while a further 31 people were currently receiving treatment for suspected cases of the disease.
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