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Health warning issued after spike in legionnaires' disease cases

NZ Herald1NewsOtago Daily TimesStuffRNZThe PressThe PostWaikato TimesMonday 10 March 2025 · 8 outlets · 4 reports · updated

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Health New Zealand has issued a warning to spa pool owners following a rise in legionnaires' disease cases. There were 10 cases recorded in the year to March 2025, with eight strongly linked to contaminated spa pool water. This is an increase from three cases during the same period last year.

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First reported by NZ Herald, Mon 10 Mar 2025, 1:34pm · 4 reports from 4 outlets over 2 hours
  1. NZ HeraldNZ Herald

    Health warning for spa pool owners after Legionnaires’ disease cases spike over toxic water (opens in new tab)

  2. 1News1News via RNZ

    Jump in legionnaires' disease cases linked to dirty spa pools (opens in new tab)

  3. Otago Daily TimesOtago Daily Times

    Spike in legionnaires' disease linked to dirty spa pools (opens in new tab)

  4. StuffStuff via RNZ

    Jump in legionnaires' disease cases linked to spa pools (opens in new tab)

    Also on RNZ (opens in new tab), The Press (opens in new tab), The Post (opens in new tab), Waikato Times (opens in new tab)