Overview

• Authorities report 45 infections since mid‑August with 12 cases of HUS and 15 people still hospitalized, mostly children, with no additional HUS cases added on Friday.
• The National Reference Center determined the outbreak strain belongs to the rare O45:H2 subtype, enabling investigators to distinguish outbreak‑linked cases from unrelated background infections.
• Children who visited the region account for several infections in other states, including six confirmed cases in Berlin and one in Brandenburg, with some patients treated outside Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern.
• The infection source remains unknown as epidemiological interviews, food and environmental testing continue; a recent EHEC finding in a sausage sample has not been linked to the outbreak.
• Schools and childcare facilities received hygiene guidance, and opposition leaders called for a crisis team and police support, with a special state health committee session scheduled for Thursday.