Two died after suspected food poisoning – Aftonbladet

Ljungby / Stockholm. Two people in a nursing home has died.

About 70 more are sick of what thinks is food poisoning.

It can be frozen berries that caused the large outbreak.

Over the weekend, three people have been hospitalized from retirement homes in Ljungby municipality.

Two of them died in the wake of what is thought to be food poisoning caused by a dessert to fredaglsunchen.

– It was served a bärparfait, which includes raspberries were included, says Carina Karlund, CIO at Ljungby municipality.

Total repaired 500 servings of dessert.

During the weekend fell ill some 60 elderly people and 10 or so of staff

No Salmonella

– We sent two samples for salmonella and they were negative. Now, we have sent more samples and food sampling, but we get no response until tomorrow, Tuesday, says Carin Karlund.

Although no tests are finished so strong indications that it is the frozen berries is the cause .

– This is the same virus that causes winter vomiting disease, says Arne Runehagen, infectious disease physician in Kronoberg County. Normally it healthy again after a few days. But for old and seriously ill, the virus can have serious consequences.

According to him, it is now clear that it was Friday Raspberry parfait which caused the spread of infection.

Of those who received food sent home without dessert has no one gotten sick and of those who ate the same lunch food on the municipality’s restaurant but without buying bärparfaiten has not added a hit.

On the municipality’s elderly are trying now to prevent further spread of infection by as best they can to keep the sick isolated and be extra careful with hygiene.

The berries should be boiled

– We have thrown all the food that was used during the weekend and we have brought in extra nurses to care for the sick.

Imported berries are already a known risk for calicivirus, a group of viruses that among other causes winter vomiting disease.

The berries which watered with sewage or handled by infected persons is a common way for the virus.

Food Administration recommends that you cook up frozen, imported berries, especially if they are served the elderly and the sick.