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DPA / The Hindu.
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An E coli outbreak suspected to have been caused by tainted vegetables has claimed 14 victims in Germany, authorities said on Monday, while more deaths were “probable” and shipments of “suspect cucumbers” to five other European countries had been traced.
In the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, a 91-year-old woman, who was also suffering from other health problems, died on Sunday, while on Monday a woman aged between 40 and 50 also died after becoming infected with enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC).
A third woman, aged 87, and a 75-year-old man died in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Monday. The latest victims are the first outside northern Germany. Of the 14 people who have died in the outbreak, 12 have been women.
So far I only knew E. Coli Virus
faeces and in some untreated underground water and could infect through the infected humans or other mammals.
But the discovery that it could infect through the consumption of vegetables is chilling to note.
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