A third person has died of “pneumonia of unknown origin” located at a clinic in Tucuman, northwestern Argentina, local health authorities announced on Thursday.
A total of nine people, including eight members of the medical staff of the same private clinic, have been affected by the respiratory pathology and three have died since Monday, provincial health minister Luis Medina Ruiz told the press.
Tests are underway for the development of the disease, but Covid, flu, flu type A and B have already been ruled out, according to the minister.
Miguel Ferre Contreras, the provincial deputy health minister, says according to the Argentine newspaper ‘La Nacion’ possible infection with the legionella bacteria. This can lead to pneumonia, but also flu-like symptoms. Research is underway on samples taken from the hospital’s water tanks.
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