A third case of infection with the E. coli bacterium has been reported in Poland, Polish media have reported.
A case of the deadly E. coli strain O 104, similar to that earlier detected in Germany, was reported in a 68-year-old woman from Gizycko. The woman took care of the two-year-old brother of a seven-year-old boy previously hospitalized in Warsaw after he came down with an E. coli infection.
The older boy may have contracted the disease after the return of his father from Germany.
According to doctors, the condition of the woman is stable, and she could soon be discharged from hospital.
The first case of E. coli infection in Poland was earlier detected in a 29-year-old woman.
More than ten people are under the supervision of epidemiologists.
According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, over 3,300 people from 13 countries in Europe have contracted the E. coli acute intestinal infection, and 36 of them have died.
