One dead, two seriously ill after Scottish E.coli outbreak

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — A 66-year-old woman has died and her 72-year-old husband is seriously ill in hospital after an E.coli outbreak that is believed to be linked to two Scottish supermarkets, officials said Tuesday.

Three women aged 23, 45 and 86 are recovering at home while a 71-year-old woman is also in hospital after contracting E.coli 0157, the National Health Service of Greater Glasgow and Clyde said.

A Scottish woman on holiday in Ireland had been taken to hospital with the bug but her condition showed "no cause for concern", the head of the health provider's outbreak control team, Dr Sayed Ahmed, told a news conference.

An investigation is focusing on two Morrisons supermarkets in the town of Paisley, near Glasgow, and sliced cold meats bought from the...