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.