May 29, 2011

As previously reported, Germany has been found intestinal infection The source, which is in the vegetables grown in the north. However, scientists were able to identify the true origin of the danger of infection spreading.

Specialists of the Institute of Hygiene in Hamburg (Germany) found exciter intestinal infection really cucumbers, but comes from Spain. This fact is confirmed by the Senator for Health Cornelia Prüfer-Shtorks. She also said research is ongoing, it is possible that the source may be other types of products.

Meanwhile, the European Union seriously alarmed by the situation in Germany. Cases of infection   recorded in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain. Leaders of the EU member states formally warned about the danger of outbreaks of infection and are designed to take all necessary measures to prevent its further spread.

Employers in Germany have made an appeal to the authorities to define more precisely source spread of infectious diseases, as unreliable information could have a negative impact on the entire business sector. The largest supermarket chain in Germany, which has disappeared from the shelves of Spanish products production, expressed its readiness to cooperate with the authorities to resolve the situation and to strengthen measures receiving food.

In its turn, Spain It conducts its investigations and attempts to determine the source of the infection and the area of ​​delivery of dangerous health vegetables. While it is reported that perhaps vegetables supplied from Malaga and Almeria, the provinces of the south of the Iberian Peninsula.

Currently, the number of infected and suspected of being infected with an infection caused by enterohaemorrhagic wand of 600 people, 200 of whom carry the disease in particularly severe. Doctors report that coli enterohaemorrhagic   It has increased resistance to antibiotics.