Overview
- Two recent cases are believed to result from secondary transmission, suggesting household spread beyond initial exposures.
- Ten patients have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious kidney complication, and seven remain hospitalized with others under home observation.
- Authorities have closed five meat outlets after detecting E. coli traces and continue tracing suppliers due to the absence of a single common source.
- Parallel epidemiological and judicial investigations led by the Paris public health prosecutor and regional health agencies are coordinating to establish liability and contamination pathways.
- Sequencing at the National Reference Laboratory will provide a bacterial fingerprint to confirm links between patient infections and closed butcheries.