Overview

• Since June 12, the Aisne outbreak has sickened 23 people—22 children and one elderly individual—and claimed the life of a 12-year-old girl on June 16.
• On June 25, the Paris Public Prosecutor’s health unit assumed control of the preliminary inquiry to bolster investigative resources.
• Ten patients remain hospitalized in regional hospitals while twelve others have returned home under continuous medical monitoring.
• Authorities have closed four halal butcher shops and two supermarket meat counters in Saint-Quentin to collect samples for laboratory analysis.
• Investigators suspect contaminated meat served at local events from June 20 to 22 as the infection source, although the most recent case is unconnected to those gatherings.