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Andrew Jeong, Washington Post
In Ohio, 29 people got sick, 9 of them has been hospitalized, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
In an urgent public statement aimed at determining the cause of the outbreak, the CDC said there were no fatalities. The CDC says the food source hasn't been identified, which could increase the number of people getting sick.So far, 15 people in Michigan and 14 in Ohio have been infected, according to the CDC.
In a separate news release, the Michigan Department of Health said it had received reports of 98 E. coli cases this month. This is up from 20 in August last year. "The significant surge in cases is alarming," said Natasha Bagdasarian, the department's chief medical officer. She reached out to the Ohio Department of Health for comment, but so far has not received a response.
According to the CDC, symptoms of E. coli include diarrhea, fever, excessive vomiting, and dehydration. "If you have E. coli symptoms, please help us resolve this outbreak. Write down what you ate the week before you got sick," the CDC said in a notice.
Also encouraged people to practice good food safety: wash hands, utensils and surfaces frequently; rinse fruits and vegetables; refrigerate properly cooked and fresh food. Although most infections arise from food sources, E. coli can spread from person to person in areas of frequent close contact.
According to the CDC, people under the age of 5 or over the age of 65 and those with weakened immune systems are most at risk of severe illness.
Escherichia coli is a bacterium that lives in the intestines of animals. Most E. coli are harmless, but some produce toxins that can kill people, and are usually contracted by eating contaminated food. About 265,000 people in the United States get sick each year from E. coli-derived toxins, and 3,600 require hospital treatment, the CDC says. About 30 people die each year.
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The recently publicized outbreak occurred late last year, and he left 10 people sick in Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Ohio. I was. One person died. In March, federal health officials declared the outbreak over. A federal investigation has traced outbreaks to packaged salad products with ingredients from farms in Arizona and California.
has been caused by Baby spinach and cake mix were behind two of his outbreaks reported by the CDC last year. Meat products such as ground beef have previously lagged behind.
In 2018, an E. coli outbreak caused by romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona sickened 210 people, killed five, and hospitalized 96 in 36 states. Federal health officials traced the E. coli to water samples from canals in the Yuma area.
The following year, he had 167 infections and 85 hospitalizations in 27 states due to his lettuce romaine from California's Salinas Valley.
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