Extremely Deadly E.coli Outbreak - GERMANY - 138 Infected - 4 Dead - CUCUMBERS!

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"The German authorities have identified cucumbers from Spain as the source of a recent, deadl, E.coli outbreak in northern Germany. Germans have been advised not to eat cucumbers for the time being. Cucumbers from Spain are the source of the recent E.coli outbreak in northern Germany, the Hamburg Insitute for Hygiene announced on Thursday. It comes after the German Farmers' Association said earlier on Thursday that domestic produce was most likely not responsible for the outbreak. German authorities have advised people not to eat cucumbers and generally be careful with raw vegetables."

"The number of current, serious cases of Enterohaemorrhagic Escerichia coli (EHEC) infections was thought to have reached 138 on Wednesday, against a normal annual average of between 60 and 70 cases. The information came from the news agency dapd, although precise figures were impossible to ascertain, as some of the serious stomach infections might have been caused by other bacteria. The outbreak has spread to Denmark, with one case confirmed by a hospital in Aarhus. The authorities in Copenhagen have announced at least six more potential cases of infection with the E.coli virus. The EU Health Commissioner John Dalli said on Thursday that potential cases in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands were being investigated."

"An 89-year-old woman in the northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein, who passed away on Wednesday, was thought to be the second EHEC death, according to preliminary information from the state health ministry. Three other possible EHEC fatalities were being investigated elsewhere in the country."