Germany: Sprouts likely cause of E. coli outbreak
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- German health authorities say locally-grown beansprouts have been identified as the likely cause of an outbreak of E. coli that has killed 18 people and sickened hundreds in Europe.
Lower Saxony agriculture ministry spokesman Gert Hahne has told The Associated Press an alert will be sent out later Sunday warning people to stay away from eating the sprouts, which are often used in mixed salads.
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Germany's health minister is defending his country's handling of the E. coli outbreak that has killed 18 people and sickened hundreds as he tours a hospital in Hamburg.
Minister Daniel Bahr has admitted that hospitals in northern Germany were struggling to provide enough beds and medical care for patients stricken by the outbreak. But on Sunday he visited the University Medical Center in Hamburg-Eppendorf and defended the efforts of German medical workers.
Bahr told reporters that hospitals have done "everything necessary" to help their patients.
One E. coli survivor told The Associated Press, however, that sanitary conditions at that hospital were horrendous when she arrived with cramps and bloody diarrhea.
German researchers have been unable to pinpoint exactly where or what food was responsible for the deadly outbreak.
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