A 12 -year -old girl has died and seven other children have been rushed to a hospital in an outbreak of serious food poisoning centered around a northern French city.
On June 12, the symptoms of Lily’s south of Lily started emerging in and around the surroundings, reaching the hospital with children in the next days.
The cause of the outbreak affecting children aged 1–12 years has not yet been confirmed, but two local butchers have been closed as precautions as many children are thought of eating meat from shops.
The girl dies on Monday from a rare state which is called hemolytic uramic syndrome (HOS) which was associated with acute renal failure; The most common cause of this is E.Coli bacteria.
The latest case was reported on Wednesday evening, the Regional Health Authority in Huts-D-France said.
All eight children were admitted to the hospital with severe digestive symptoms, such as bloody diarrhea, and five of them developed the husband, the authority said.
Local mayor Fraderic McRes told France Info Radio, “We have a total of 10 confirmed cases, in which a child is admitted to the hospital in RIMS. So, there is still concern.”
Five children are believed to have eaten meat or meat based products from a butcher in the city, and another child from the other butcher, several days ago they came down with symptoms. Local province said in a statement On Friday.
The Mayor said that he did not have 100% certainty that poisoning came from two butchers, but some families involved in it sometimes bought meat there.
Samples of both shops have been sent for analysis in the weekend.
In a message posted on Facebook, one of the two butchers whose doors were closed, La Disha said, the entire team expressed their condolences to the victim’s family and relatives: “It is deeply saddened that we have learned about recent events in St.-Kuantin.”
Parents have been told that they should not eat merges or other sauses and lambs from two shops in early June.
A city butcher said that all their meat, marinades and spices were taken away to check on Thursday.
The authorities had earlier rejected any issue with local tap water, which can be used “for drinking and all everyday purposes”.
Officials said that infectious diseases (HOS) are most often caused by E.Coli food poisoning.
They are also warned to be vigilant and ensure strict hygiene at home, authorities regularly wash hands, wash fruits and vegetables, cook meat well and separate raw and ripe food.
