New York City orders tests on all cooling towers within 2 weeks

New York

NEW York City buildings with water-cooling towers must assess and disinfect the units within the next two weeks under an order issued on Thursday by health officials in response to the outbreak of Legion-naires' disease in the South Bronx.

The directive, by the health commissioner Mary T Bassett, came as two more deaths from the illness were reported, bringing the toll to 10 since the outbreak - the largest in the city's history - began last month.