The Department of National Defence (DND) has confirmed that there was a case of Legionnaires’ disease at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) in Kingston, Ont., late last year, which contaminated a building to the point that there are now plans for it to be demolished.
The individual who contracted the disease was a civilian employee at the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) base, whose identity has not been released by DND due to privacy reasons.
The employee contracted Legionnaires’ disease in late November 2022 and the base’s leadership was informed of his condition on Dec. 6, 2022, after he was admitted to the hospital, DND told The Epoch Times….