E coli outbreak starts to wane

NEW victims of E coli contamination in Germany have slowed to a trickle, the national disease control centre announced, as the death toll from the outbreak rose by one to 37.

The Robert Koch Institute said a total of 3,235 people in Germany have been reported ill, only seven more than the previous day.

Germany’s health minister has cautioned that even though the outbreak is waning further deaths are possible. The local council in the northern town of Celle said a two-year-old boy died overnight.