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E Coli The death toll from the outbreak allegedly caused by contaminated Spanish produce rose to at least 11 in Germany. Meanwhile, Spain said there was no proof that the E. coli outbreak has been caused by Spanish vegetables. German scientists suspect the bacterium that has sickened hundreds of Europeans came from Spanish organic produce. The Health Ministry in Hamburg said three out of four cucumbers carrying the bacterial strain were from a Spanish shipment. But there have been no reported cases in Spain, and the European Disease Center cautioned that the definite source of the enterohaemorrhagic.

E.coli, also known as EHEC, is not yet known. Spain's Secretary of State for European Affairs, Diego Lopez Garrido, said Madrid might take action against those pointing fingers at his southern European nation. "You can't attribute the origin of this sickness to Spain," Lopez Garrido told reporters in Brussels. "There is no proof and that's why we are going to demand accountability from those who have blamed Spain for this matter."

Germany has been hit hardest by the outbreak, but some E.coli cases have also been reported in Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. In Poland, officials said Monday that a woman has been hospitalized in serious condition after returning from a trip to the northern German city of Hamburg, where at least 467 cases of intestinal infection have been recorded.

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