U.S. Insurers Eye Legionnaires’ Disease Safeguards as Buildings Re-Open from Pandemic Shutdowns

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Commercial insurers are scrutinizing building managers’ efforts to avoid outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease as they re-open movie theaters, gyms, schools and offices that had been closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, industry sources told Reuters. Legionnaires’ disease is a severe, sometimes-lethal form of pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria that builds up in… Continue reading U.S. Insurers Eye Legionnaires’ Disease Safeguards as Buildings Re-Open from Pandemic Shutdowns