Monday, 15 July 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC - Iceland (02)

E. coli -- Iceland
A total of 16 children have been diagnosed with the bacterial infection, and concerns have been raised that tourists may spread it further, RUV [the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service] reports. The outbreak is purported to have originated in Efstadal 2, a farm and restaurant near Laugarvatn, after a group of schoolchildren visited the place, with some of them contracting _Escherichia coli_ infection. To be clear: none of the food nor any of the employees tested positive for _E. coli_.

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6569675&promed&0

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