A “significant” outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Melbourne has left several people hospitalised.
Health authorities are working to identify the source of the infections.
Victorian health authorities said 22 cases had been confirmed since Friday
Dr Looker said the disease was not contagious and could not be transmitted from person to person
most at risk from the disease People who over the age of 40, especially people with other medical conditions or those whose immune systems are compromised.
The Department of Health has not yet identified the source of the outbreak but are “working quickly to identify it”
