The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has issued an update on the Legionnaire’s cluster – three further cases have now been confirmed, which brings the total to 12 confirmed cases in people who have travelled to Corfu since August. Another three possible cases with travel history to Corfu are currently under investigation.
Laboratory tests have identified three different subtypes of Legionnella from the patients’ samples, suggesting that one common source is unlikely. In addition, detailed questioning of the people who became unwell has also failed to reveal a common source.
The HPA is continuing to advise people going on holiday to Corfu to be aware of the signs and symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease – please see the link below for details. A briefing note was recently issued to GPs asking them to be alert to returning travellers from Corfu with relevant symptoms.
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