There has been a spike in a potentially deadly disease linked to dirty spa pools in New Zealand.
Health New Zealand said there were 10 cases of legionnaires’ disease in the year to March, up on three for the same period last year. Eight of those new cases were strongly linked to spas.
National Public Health Service medical specialist Matt Reid said ESR tested those with the disease.
“The same type of legionella bacteria was detected in both the infected person and in water samples taken from their spa pools. This means that infected water was the most likely source of infection.”






