§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Public Health Laboratory Service was first informed about an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in Kusadasi, Turkey. [10443]
§ Mr. HoramThe Public Health Laboratory Service will consider that there may be an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease among residents of the United Kingdom only when two or more reported cases appear to be linked. The PHLS first became aware of a second case of Legionnaire's disease in a resident of the UK, associated with a recent stay in Kusadasi, Turkey, on 11 August 1995.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library the report of the Public Health Laboratory Service into an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in Kusadasi, Turkey, during 1995. [10444]
§ Mr. HoramThe report entitled, "Outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease Associated with the Hotel Imbat, Kusadasi, Turkey—Final Report and Recommendations from the Epidemiological, Environmental and Microbiological Investigations carried out by the PHLS in conjunction with the Turkish Representative of the European Working Group for Legionella Infections" is currently in preparation. Copies of this report will be placed in the Library.