| Comments | Toronto ON, September 24, 2005. In the fall of 2005, a long-term care facility in the city of Toronto named Seven Oaks experienced an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. A total of 135 people were infected (70 residents, 39 staff, 21 visitors, and 5 people who lived or worked near the home). Twenty-three residents died. For the first 10 days, the cause of the outbreak was unknown. On October 16, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care established an Expert Review Panel on the Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak to assess the progress Ontario has made since SARS, to identify the key lessons from the recent Legionnaires' disease outbreak, and provide advice on how to strengthen infectious disease control in Ontario. |