Hotels Worry About Legionnaires’ Disease as Buildings Reopen From Pandemic Closures
Pedestrians walk past the Opera House Hotel where a cooling tower has been tested and disinfected following a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the South Bronx region in New York August 7, 2015. Lucas Jackson / Reuters
Skift Take: Smaller hotels face the most risk. They may not have kept water flowing during the pandemic and might have let dangerous bacteria build up in their pipes.
