Bacteria Fatalities in Japan Rise to 8 With Baby’s Death
<i> Reuters</i>
TOKYO —
A baby girl died of food poisoning near Tokyo today, bringing to eight the number of deaths this year from a fatal bacteria.
A spokesman for the Chiba city government said that the 21-month-old was infected with the E. coli 0157 bacteria, which has sickened more than 9,000 nationwide. The government suspects that the source of the bacteria is contaminated radish sprouts.
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