In Corbeil-Essonnes, legionellosis has made one dead well, but the water network is not contaminated

It remains to be seen where Nour was contaminated by the legionella, these bacteria housed in hot water droplets which, once inhaled, multiply and infect the lungs. Sophie Jarraud, director of the National Reference Center for Legionella, recalls that the cases of legionellosis come “in the vast majority of cases” from a proliferation of bacteria in a “health water network”, for example that of a Housing or an establishment receiving the public, such as a gym.