The Local Sweden https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Suspected EHEC seeds tracked to Sweden A consignment of fenugreek seeds, from the batch believed to be the source of the EHEC infection in Germany and France, has been tracked to Sweden, according to the Swedish National Food Administration (Livsmedelsverket). https://www.thelocal.se/20110704/34734 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:59:00 +0200 34734 Swedish domestic EHEC search abandoned The centre for communicable diseases (Smittskyddet) in Skåne, in southern Sweden, is now giving up attempts to find the source behind the first Swedish infection of the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC) bacteria. https://www.thelocal.se/20110702/34694 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:30:00 +0200 34694 Sweden in sprouts recall after new EHEC scare Swedish grocers stepped up a nationwide recall of raw sprouts after new reports that a Swedish man had been infected with the same deadly E. coli bacteria strain that has claimed dozens of lives across Europe. https://www.thelocal.se/20110629/34628 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:58:00 +0200 34628 Sweden reports first domestic EHEC case For the first time, a Swede with no connections to Germany has been infected with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria that has claimed dozens of lives across Europe, Swedish health authorities reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110628/34618 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:24:00 +0200 34618 Dog show sparks new Swedish EHEC outbreak Around 50 dog owners and several dogs are believed to have been infected with the enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria following a dog show in eastern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20110616/34384 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:10:00 +0200 34384 EHEC search 'detective work': Swedish specialist Swedish scientists are concerned that it may be some time before the properties of the bacteria causing the current EHEC infection in Europe are fully understood. https://www.thelocal.se/20110603/34166 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:28:00 +0200 34166 More EHEC cases reported in Sweden More Swedes have been infected with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria which some health experts believe comes from an entirely new strain of the bacteria. https://www.thelocal.se/20110603/34146 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:17:00 +0200 34146 Swedish woman dies in EHEC case A Swedish woman has died after being infected with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria stemming from an E. coli outbreak which originated in northern Germany. https://www.thelocal.se/20110531/34096 Tue, 31 May 2011 16:07:00 +0200 34096 Woman in critical condition in EHEC case A Swedish woman is reported to be in critical condition after being infected with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria stemming from an E. coli outbreak which originated in northern Germany. https://www.thelocal.se/20110530/34062 Mon, 30 May 2011 16:41:00 +0200 34062 Check your cucumbers: Swedish food agency Swedish food authorities on Friday urged grocers to trace the origins of their cucumbers, after their German counterpart traced the outbreak of E. coli to two cucumber farms in southern Spain. https://www.thelocal.se/20110527/34032 Fri, 27 May 2011 16:22:00 +0200 34032 German E.coli outbreak spreads to Sweden Ten Swedes are severly ill and many more are suffering other effects from a virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria following the recent outbreak of the disease in Northern Germany. https://www.thelocal.se/20110526/34018 Thu, 26 May 2011 18:41:00 +0200 34018