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Guggenheim among 31 Upper East Side sites that tested positive for Legionella bacteria
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Caroline Lewis, Joe Hong✦AI Summary
The Guggenheim Museum and 30 other Upper East Side buildings have tested positive for Legionella bacteria in their water-cooling towers. City officials are working to disinfect these sites to contain an ongoing outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that has resulted in 46 infections.
The iconic Guggenheim Museum is among 31 Upper East Side buildings where water-cooling towers have tested positive for Legionella — the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease — amid the city’s ongoing investigation into an outbreak of the severe form of pneumonia, the city health department said Friday.
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