German E. coli infections slow
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June 15, 2011, Wednesday
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THE number of people falling sick as a result of E. coli contamination has slowed to a trickle, Germany's national disease control center said yesterday, even as the death toll from the outbreak rose by one to 37.
The Robert Koch Institute said a total of 3,235 people in Germany have been reported ill, only seven more than the previous day. Germany's health minister has cautioned that even though the outbreak is waning further deaths are possible.
The local council in the northern town of Celle said a two-year-old boy died on Monday night. Thirty-six people in Germany and one in Sweden have now died in what has been the deadliest outbreak of E. coli ever. German authorities have narrowed the source of the outbreak to vegetable sprouts from a farm in the north of the country.
They warn consumers against eating any vegetable sprouts until they determine whether the farm received tainted seeds or caused the hygiene problem.
The Robert Koch Institute said a total of 3,235 people in Germany have been reported ill, only seven more than the previous day. Germany's health minister has cautioned that even though the outbreak is waning further deaths are possible.
The local council in the northern town of Celle said a two-year-old boy died on Monday night. Thirty-six people in Germany and one in Sweden have now died in what has been the deadliest outbreak of E. coli ever. German authorities have narrowed the source of the outbreak to vegetable sprouts from a farm in the north of the country.
They warn consumers against eating any vegetable sprouts until they determine whether the farm received tainted seeds or caused the hygiene problem.
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