This brings the total number of people who have reported infections
from 15 states to 52. [https://bit.ly/2Dzorjd]
Nineteen people have been hospitalized, including two people who
developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure, the
agency said. No deaths have been reported.
Evidence collected from the United States and Canada indicates that
romaine lettuce harvested from the central coastal growing regions
of northern and central California is a likely source of the
outbreak, the agency added.
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The agency also said it continues to advise against the consumption,
and sale of romaine lettuce harvested from these regions.
The blanket nationwide U.S. public health warning for consumers,
precipitated by an E.coli outbreak, was first issued last month by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
(Reporting by Aakash Jagadeesh Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by
Shailesh Kuber)
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