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7/12/2026, 12:40:28 AM
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Now to the urgent race to contain an outbreak of Legionnaires cases in an upscale New York City neighborhood.Â
The world-renowned Guggenheim Museum is among the dozens of buildings where the bacteria has been detected.Â
Here's ABC's Andrew Dimbir.Â
>> Tonight, health officials in New York City battle to contain a cluster of Legionnaires disease now linked to more than 50 cases.Â
A public health investigation now underway.Â
>> The way out of this cluster is to remediate all those towers.Â
Is to clean, drain, and disinfect those towers.Â
>> After officials say 54 people have been diagnosed with 18 still hospitalized, no deaths have been reported.Â
According to the CDC, about 1 in 10 people who get Legionnaires die from complications of the disease.Â
>> Legionnaires disease is spread by a bacteria that normally lives in stagnant warm water.Â
Think water cooling stations, plumbing, or any type of fountain that may contain this water.Â
And it spreads when that water bacteria is aerosolized and people breathe it in.Â
Important note, it's not usually spread from person to person.Â
>> Health officials say the outbreak is centered in Manhattan's Upper East Side.Â
The city ordering 31 buildings there whose cooling towers initially tested positive for the Legionella bacteria to immediately clean and disinfect those towers.Â
Among them, the famed Guggenheim Museum.Â
In a statement, the museum says the city determined that the Guggenheim had already finished cleaning its cooling towers and that this poses no risk to anyone inside the building.Â
Officials say they expect every building affected to complete the cleaning process today.Â
>> Health officials stress this is not a problem with the city's water supply or plumbing services, but also warn additional cases could appear within the coming days because symptoms can take up to 2 weeks after exposure to appear.Â
Rannon?Â
>> Andrew, thank you.Â
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