Overview

• Nineteen children in Saint-Quentin are hospitalized with severe diarrhea and kidney failure, including six on dialysis and one fatality.
• The lone death involved 11-year-old Élise, who succumbed last week to acute kidney failure linked to the E. coli infection.
• Investigators suspect contaminated meat as the source, leading to the closure of four butcher shops and several supermarket meat departments.
• Authorities have issued recalls for all meat and sausage products sold in Saint-Quentin between June 1 and June 20.
• French Health Minister Yannick Neuder visited the region to oversee the investigation, with authorities awaiting laboratory analyses of collected samples.