ehec infection first discovered in Germany may have spread to Sweden and Denmark.

Nordic authorities say that a potentially fatal bacterial ehec infection  first discovered in Germany may have spread to Sweden and Denmark.
 Α dozen people with hemolytic uremic syndrome have been hospitalized in Sweden in the past two weeks after travel to Germany. In Denmark, eight people are hospitalized with bacteria E.coli infection.
At least one of them has HUS — a rare complication arising from an initial infection commonly associated with E.coli, a bacterium found in undercooked beef or contaminated food.
Lab tests are establishing whether it's the same bacteria detected in Germany. Five deaths there have been linked to the bacteria and more than 200 infections reported in the last few days.
The Hamburg Institute for Hygiene and Environment said the German Ehec outbreak is linked to cucumbers from Spain.