The list continues to lie down. Two new cases of severe food poisoning were recorded in children in the agglomeration of Saint-Quentin (Aisne), bringing the number to twenty-eight cases. According to the prefecture, the two new victims have not declared hemolytic and uremic syndrome (Shu), a serious complication affecting the kidneys, and “are followed at home. »»
Of the twenty-eight people affected since June 12 by these severe digestive symptoms, ten have developed this syndrome. An 11 -year -old girl also died. In addition to the last two patients identified, “seven people remain hospitalized and nineteen were able to leave the hospital and return to their home,” said the prefecture.
The bacterium E. coli found in butcheries
Friday, the authorities announced that the analyzes carried out in butcheries suspected of being behind these poisoning had confirmed traces of contamination by the bacteria E.coli. The prefecture lists three events organized in recent days “during which meat from closed butcher shops was consumed”: a football tournament in Saint-Quentin, a mini-basket festival in Gauchy and the fair of the Etaves-et-Bocquiaux school.
“No case of severe food poisoning among the participants of these events was noted at this time,” said the prefecture, inviting participants to monitor their state of health. The public health center of the Paris prosecutor’s office seized the investigation relating to these poisoning in Aisne on Wednesday.
