2002 Barrow-in-Furness legionellosis outbreak 2002 Barrow-in-Furness legionellosis outbreak The 2002 Barrow-in-Furness Legionnaires' disease outbreak was a fatal outbreak of Legionellosis which occurred in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It was and still remains among the worst such outbreaks in history. The first fatality occurred on 2 August 2002. The source of the bacteria was later found to be from steam coming out of a badly maintained air conditioning unit. The system was located in the council-run arts centre Forum 28, with the vent emitting the disease over a busy alleyway in the town centre. Ultimately seven people died and 172 cases were reported (a case fatality
2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak 2018), which was the most serious in the country since 1994. The table below indicates the 10 outbreaks that have occurred since 1976: 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak The 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak occurred in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from May to July 2018. It was the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) since the West African epidemic of 2013–16, but never spread beyond Équateur province. It was also the first time the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine had been used to stop an outbreak, with a total of 3,481 people vaccinated. It was