Water samples from a Richmond spa have been confirmed to contain high levels of legionella bacteria after multiple customers developed Legionnaire's disease, including two people who died.
Contra Costa Health said in a press statement Monday that the test results indicate the Zen Day Spa at 12230 San Pablo Ave. is the likely source of the outbreak. Four customers, including the two who died, were confirmed as having the disease. Two other people who also fell ill are suspected of contracting the illness.
Legionnaires' disease does not spread from person to person and is treatable with antibiotics. Seniors, smokers, chronic lung disease patients and other immunocompromised individuals are at higher risk. The health agency is advising anyone who went to the spa to watch for symptoms of Legionnaires' disease, which presents as a"severe form of pneumonia that can result in hospitalization." The incubation period is around two to 14 days.
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