Part of Feathers Hotel closed again after Legionella detected

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Parts of Ludlow's Feathers Hotel have been temporarily closed after Legionella was detected again.

In the interest of public safety, Shropshire Council and Public Health England (PHE) West Midlands have issued the following statement: "Following routine sampling of the water system at the Feathers Hotel by Shropshire Council’s Regulatory Services team, elevated levels of Legionella have been detected in the water system at the hotel."

"Working with Public Health England, a joint decision has been made to implement urgent measures to reduce Legionella levels in the water system and prevent any risk to staff and guests who use the hotel. This includes a temporary voluntary closure of parts* of the hotel until further precautionary works can be carried out."

"The elevated levels have only been detected in the recent set of samples and no new cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been associated with these premises. Any measures being taken now, are precautionary."

In 2017 there were two separate cases of Legionella at the hotel where one person sadly died from the disease. The hotel closed in September 2017 for extensive remedial works to be carried out and regular monitoring has been undertaken since.

Only part of the hotel has voluntarily closed as a precautionary measure and this is the part of the hotel that is on the 2nd boiler system (where the negative results were found). The remainder of the hotel including the bar remains open and other rooms on a room by room basis.

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