Overview

• Twelve additional infections were reported on Thursday, and 12 patients overall have developed the HUS complication.
• Fifteen patients are hospitalized, down from 19 a day earlier, with several treated in intensive care.
• Cases include children resident in Berlin, Brandenburg and Bavaria after visits to Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern, with clusters in Vorpommern‑Greifswald and Vorpommern‑Rügen.
• No specific food source has been identified as veterinary and food‑safety agencies continue testing suspect samples with support from the RKI and local health offices.
• The state education ministry issued guidance for schools and nurseries, and parents are urged to seek immediate care for children with bloody diarrhea or severe abdominal pain.