Second victim of hotel Legionnaire's bug

10 April 2003 by
Second victim of hotel Legionnaire's bug

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Somerset hotel has claimed a second victim.> An unnamed 66-year-old woman from Lancashire has died after contracting the disease at the Cricket St Thomas hotel and leisure complex near Chard. Her death comes three weeks after that of the first victim, also a 66-year-old woman, from Hertfordshire. The 219-bedroom hotel was closed for two weeks at the end of February to clean out the water system after the outbreak was traced to a spa bath in the leisure complex.
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