Saturday, May 28, 2011

GERMANY, KILLER CUCUMBERS LEAVE 7 DEAD, 1000 HOSPITALIZED

13:15 28 MAG 2011

(AGI) Berlin - The number of persons deceased following an infection of Escherichia coli has risen to seven this morning.
The bacteria-killer, "Escherichia coli" (EHEC), was transmitted by the dangerous coli bacterium found in a sample of cucumbers originating in Spain. The Hamburg Health Institute has identified the EHEC bacteria in three cucumbers from Spain and one from the Netherlands
. In the meantime, Spanish authorities have closed two production companies near Malaga and Almeria while Dutch authorities have denied that one of the contaminated cucumbers arrived in Germany from their country. . .

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