Overview

• Two new cases this weekend linked to secondary household spread raise the total to 29 infections, including 28 children and one elderly person.
• Ten of the 29 patients developed hemolytic uremic syndrome and an 11-year-old girl died on June 16.
• Seven patients remain hospitalized while the others are recovering under home monitoring.
• Analyses confirmed E. coli contamination in five of six suspect butcheries, which remain closed, and a supermarket meat counter has reopened after negative results.
• The prefecture and ARS emphasize systematic handwashing to curb further spread and report no severe cases among attendees of three recent local events.