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Status: 11/27/2020 4:50 pm
In the Northwest Mecklenburg district, other people have been infected with the EHEC pathogen. As the district announced on Friday, there are now a total of 25 confirmed cases in the Lützow-Lübstorf region.
The sick are daycare children from four establishments, as well as their relatives and two employees of a food supplier. Most of those infected still have little disease progression, according to the district administration. However, some of them also suffer from severe diarrhea. It is not yet clear where the EHEC pathogen comes from. The circle rules out any connection to nursery meals.
Food supplier checked
The district veterinary office verified a food supplier supplying nurseries on Thursday. According to a district report, after checking existing supplies, sanitary facilities and production facilities, it should be assumed that pathogens did not enter the nurseries through the food supplied by the company. EHEC infections are spread by smear, they are bacteria. The district assumes it is a not very aggressive variant of EHEC. The operation continues in the respective nurseries.
53 deaths from EHEC in 2011 in Germany
In 2011, the EHEC wave kept northern Germany in suspense for weeks. After an outbreak, 53 people died in Germany who were infected with the intestinal germ. The Robert Koch Institute recorded a total of around 4,000 cases of EHEC infections, including more than 800 patients with the particularly severe form of HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome). The epidemic was caused by Egyptian fenugreek seeds that had been distributed from an organic farm in Bienenbüttel (Uelzen district).
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