The multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections tied to contaminated romaine lettuce has grown by 36 illnesses, for a total of 138 cases in 25 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update yesterday.
Three more Ebola cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising the outbreak total to 3,354 cases, according to numbers reflected on the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard.
Health officials are still investigating 488 suspected cases. Also, 3 more people died from their infections, lifting the fatality count to 2,220.
The grower, in the Salinas, California, growing region, has been linked to 3 separate outbreaks.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) Ebola technical committee said there are three new cases of Ebola today, raising the outbreak total to 3,343, and 432 suspected cases are under investigation.
The technical committee, the CMRE, said the death toll now stands at 2,210. Today's cases come from Mabalako and Biena, which had gone 85 days without a new case.
Fresh Express salads are linked to a 3-state, 8-case outbreak in the US and 16 cases in Canada.
Malaysia's health ministry yesterday announced a vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) case, marking the country's first polio case in 27 years, according to a statement.
The patient is a 3-year-old boy from the city of Tuaran in Sabah state who was hospitalized for fever followed by a weak limb, which required admission to the intensive care unit. Tests confirmed his cVDPV1 infection on Dec 6.
Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 35 more people have been sickened in an Escherichia coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce grown near Salinas, California.
The outbreak total now stands at 102 illnesses in 23 states, with 4 states reporting their first cases.
Federal health officials today said 2 more hepatitis A infections have been reported in an outbreak linked to fresh blackberries from Fresh Thymes markets, raising the total to 16. One more state—Missouri—is reporting a case, putting the number of affected states at six.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday that 27 more people have been sickened in an Escherichia coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce grown near Salinas, California.
The CDC confirmed 356 cases in 2018 and 2019, but illnesses continue to be noted.
