Outbreak is new form of E. coli

The E. coli outbreak in Germany is a new form of the bacterium, researchers and public health experts believe.

The infection can cause the deadly complication - haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) - affecting the blood and kidneys.

More than 1,500 people have been infected and 18 have died: 17 in Germany and one in Sweden.

In the UK, three British nationals have been infected - all had visited Germany.

The World Health Organisation said the variant had "never been seen in an outbreak situation before."

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This is getting pretty serious, particularly as they don't seem to be any closer to discovering the cause.

Yes. Your 5-a-day could be lethal if we had such veggies!

Mind you, it's only a danger in Germany just now, and if any country can find the cause and eradicate it they can!

Safer to stick to fish and chips and burgers maybe?

That'll do me.:)