Via Brescia Settegiorni, a September 16 report: Pneumonia epidemic new case in Calcinato. The Google translation, edited, and then a comment:
The news coming from the Region seemed reassuring but instead, today it took a step back: a man of 30 has presented the symptoms of pneumonia and is now hospitalized for suspected legionella.
The new case
So far, Calcinato had been out of the red zone of the pneumonia epidemic that hit the Bassa in the last ten days. Today, however, a the 30-year-old, after a few days of fever, showed up at the Montichiari First Aid. High fever and the classic symptoms of pneumonia then persuaded the doctors to put him in a protected room because the suspicion of the doctors is that it could be legionella.
The contacts with the outside and with the relatives were kept to a minimum, the doctors questioned the man, asking him where he lives and works, and his habits. Samples were also taken, then sent to ATS for the necessary investigations.
This latest case arrives a few hours after the last medical bulletin was issued yesterday evening by the Lombardy Region in which the Welfare Councilor Giulio Gallera professed optimism for the end of the outbreak.
This outbreak is surprisingly large, but you'd never know it from the Italian media; longtime Flublogian ironorehopper has been following it as closely as possible.
