Overview

• Twenty-five people have been infected, including 24 children and one elderly person, with one fatality and ten still hospitalized
• Traces of E. coli were detected in meat or on surfaces at five closed butcheries in the Saint-Quentin area
• The Intermarché meat counter in Gauchy tested negative and is scheduled to reopen following required sanitation
• The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office took over the investigation on June 25, tasking specialized health and veterinary units with the case
• National reference laboratories are cross-matching bacterial strains from patient and food samples to pinpoint how contamination occurred