The new logo of Wayne State University, unveiled October 16, 2017. (Photo: Wayne State University)

Two entrepreneurs working on the construction of new apartments at Wayne State University were announced Monday.

Their diagnosis follows another case of illness that was publicly announced in May and was subsequently tested and disinfected throughout the campus after the bacteria was found in several places.

are currently receiving medical treatment, according to an article published on the school's website. on the construction of Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments.

"As in all cases like this, it is difficult to determine with certainty where and how the workers contracted the disease, but our comprehensive plan for screening and sanitation continues", reads on the website of the university.

In May, university officials announced that an employee working in the Faculty's administrative building had been sickened by legionnaires' disease, a form of pneumonia.

Various sites on campus have been tested for Legionella bacteria. Officials announced in early June that the bacteria was found in cooling towers of three buildings and in three bathrooms.

Other tests have shown the presence of Legionella bacteria at various levels in drinking water systems or in cooling towers at more than two dozen sites on campus.

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Michael Wright, vice president of communications and chief of staff at the university, said that aggressive corrective measures – including the replacement and reinstatement of the company's business, are not the same. equipment sanitation and the increase in water temperature – each site where the bacteria was detected, even in small amounts.

"We consider any detectable level as a source of rehabilitation, I think we go far beyond what is needed, we are remediating all the places where everything is detectable," he said.

Officials stated that all cooling towers, with the exception of the Towers residential suite tower, now have low or undetectable levels of Legionella bacteria.

The Towers Residential Suites cooling tower remains closed. It will be cleaned and tested again.

"We will not put it back online until the Detroit Department of Health confirms it," Wright said.

People can get legionnaires' disease by breathing in the mist containing the bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptoms usually begin two to ten days after exposure and may include coughing, shortness of breath, fever, muscle aches, and headaches.

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