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The outbreak in
Quincy, which is about 240 miles southwest of Chicago, follows
recent outbreaks of the respiratory illness that killed a dozen
people in New York City and has sickened inmates at a California
prison.
Adams County, Illinois, health officials have confirmed that the
more than two dozen cases all are connected to the Quincy
veterans' home, the newspaper said. The names of the dead and
sickened have not been released.
In New York, an outbreak traced to the historic Opera House
Hotel killed 12 people and sickened 128 before it was declared
over in August.
In August, the California corrections department was working to
determine the origin of a Legionnaires' outbreak at San Quentin
State Prison that had sickened at least five inmates and left
dozens more under observation.
Legionnaires' is a severe form of pneumonia caused by inhaling
mist infected with the bacteria Legionella. Symptoms include
fever, cough, chills and muscle aches.
(Reporting by David Bailey in Minneapolis; Editing by
Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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