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It assured the public that the medicines manufactured in the plant, which include inhaled asthma drug Advair, have not been infected with the bacteria, as the cooling tower was a self-standing structure that had no contact with the drugs, Reuters reports.

Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced the state and city would take the unprecedented step of jointly crafting and instituting uniform regulations to combat Legionnaires’ disease.

The Legionella bacteria was identified at the plant’s self-standing cooling tower during the company’s routine testing at the site. The plant was temporarily closed on Tuesday.