Sydney University Legionnaires' disease outbreak: Urgent warning issued for uni campus after three people came down sick with bacterial disease located on site

•  Three people hospitalised 
•  People urged to monitor for symptoms
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An urgent health alert has been issued as three people were hospitalised when a serious bacterial disease was discovered on a university campus.

Two men in their 60s and one woman in her 70s were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease after separately visiting locations around Victoria Park in Camperdown, including the University of Sydney campus.

NSW Health issued the alert on Friday urging anyone who has visited those areas in the last 10 days to monitor for symptoms including fever, chills, a cough and shortness of breath.

Two men in their 60s and one woman in her 70s were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease after separately visiting locations around Camperdown, including the University of Sydney campus

Legionnaires’ disease is not spread from person to person, but people can become infected if they are exposed to contaminated water particles

Legionnaires’ disease is not spread from person to person, but people can become infected if they are exposed to contaminated water particles.

Testing found low levels of Legionella bacteria in one cooling tower at the university campus, which has now been decontaminated.

NSW Health has directed others in the area to be disinfected.

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