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Hamburg / Berlin - As a result of infection with the dangerous intestinal germ EHEC on Thursday died again a woman. The University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) a 81-year-old died as a spokeswoman said. While the authorities continue to feverishly for the first searched in Spanish cucumber suspected cause of the infections, again demands for compensation for affected farms have been raised.
The treated at the hospital in Hamburg-Eppendorf woman was reportedly on the so-called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) who is ill. Overall, it died in Germany for 17 people from the dangerous infection, but three in Hamburg. In Sweden, a woman had died, who had previously resided in Germany.
Nationwide, nearly 500 people so far in the HUS syndrome suffering that can lead to kidney failure and neurological disorders. Most cases are reported in Hamburg: The UKE on Thursday more than 100 patients were treated for the HUS syndrome, including 27 children and five pregnant women. More than 20 adults were in the ICU.
The investigation into the cause of the infection lasted on Thursday. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) interviewed, according to the UKE spokesperson patients in Hamburg and other clinics. The first possible suspect connected Cucumber Spanish authorities on Wednesday as the source of infection: The Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) reported that the pathogen on all four cucumbers which is responsible for the current outbreak of bacterial type are identical. Three of the cucumbers were from Spain, the origin of the fourth was initially remained unclear.
The health authorities are advising consumers, as a precaution, especially in northern Germany is not raw cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce to eat. The Greens accused the Federal Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner (CSU) before, let the citizens despite the growing number of diseases in the lurch. Help of the federal government in the form of a one-stop shop "one looks in vain," criticized the consumer spokesperson for the Greens, Nicole Maisch, on Thursday.
BfR-Chef Andreas Hensel, however, warned against panic. The pathogen was undoubtedly very dangerous, he told the TV magazine "At a glance". But "who is behaving correctly, remains healthy, with almost certainly". According to a survey published on Wednesday because of EHEC changed every second German diet and avoid raw vegetables. Because of the threat of infection were only 40 percent of respondents somewhat concerned, 34 percent no, according to a Forsa survey commissioned by the organizers of the Science Year Health Research.
The farmers' association called for, however, of a lower level of compensation for the affected farmers selling vegetables. Bauer President Gerd Sonnleitner quantified in the Passauer Neue Presse on Thursday the feared loss of the week "about 30 million €. Many businesses were facing ruin. Sonnleitner urged the Federal Government and the EU to take up the vegetable farmers with short-term financial compensation under the arms. Aigner wants with EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciollos talking about possible aid.
The treated at the hospital in Hamburg-Eppendorf woman was reportedly on the so-called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) who is ill. Overall, it died in Germany for 17 people from the dangerous infection, but three in Hamburg. In Sweden, a woman had died, who had previously resided in Germany.
Nationwide, nearly 500 people so far in the HUS syndrome suffering that can lead to kidney failure and neurological disorders. Most cases are reported in Hamburg: The UKE on Thursday more than 100 patients were treated for the HUS syndrome, including 27 children and five pregnant women. More than 20 adults were in the ICU.
The investigation into the cause of the infection lasted on Thursday. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) interviewed, according to the UKE spokesperson patients in Hamburg and other clinics. The first possible suspect connected Cucumber Spanish authorities on Wednesday as the source of infection: The Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) reported that the pathogen on all four cucumbers which is responsible for the current outbreak of bacterial type are identical. Three of the cucumbers were from Spain, the origin of the fourth was initially remained unclear.
The health authorities are advising consumers, as a precaution, especially in northern Germany is not raw cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce to eat. The Greens accused the Federal Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner (CSU) before, let the citizens despite the growing number of diseases in the lurch. Help of the federal government in the form of a one-stop shop "one looks in vain," criticized the consumer spokesperson for the Greens, Nicole Maisch, on Thursday.
BfR-Chef Andreas Hensel, however, warned against panic. The pathogen was undoubtedly very dangerous, he told the TV magazine "At a glance". But "who is behaving correctly, remains healthy, with almost certainly". According to a survey published on Wednesday because of EHEC changed every second German diet and avoid raw vegetables. Because of the threat of infection were only 40 percent of respondents somewhat concerned, 34 percent no, according to a Forsa survey commissioned by the organizers of the Science Year Health Research.
The farmers' association called for, however, of a lower level of compensation for the affected farmers selling vegetables. Bauer President Gerd Sonnleitner quantified in the Passauer Neue Presse on Thursday the feared loss of the week "about 30 million €. Many businesses were facing ruin. Sonnleitner urged the Federal Government and the EU to take up the vegetable farmers with short-term financial compensation under the arms. Aigner wants with EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciollos talking about possible aid.
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looks like we are ready for another pandemic
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