Legionnaires' outbreak on a cruise ship: seven passengers in hospital

A group of elderly Britons are being tested for Legionnaires' disease after falling ill on a cruise ship travelling around Lapland.

The seven British holiday makers, all in their 80s and 90s, were taken to hospital in Sweden after suffering pneumonia-like symptoms whilst aboard the cruise ship, the Black Watch.

So far, two of the seven have tested positive for the legionella bacterium, but the source of the outbreak is as yet unknown. Six of the seven have now been flown to hospitals in t... (214 more words)

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