US EditionFour ill with sepsis after food poisoning outbreak at Stockholm restaurant
Around 400 guests have been contacted for monitoring after 80 food poisoning complaints; 15 hospitalized with four sepsis cases in an ongoing investigation.
- On Thursday, Swedish health authorities launched an extensive contact-tracing effort after a listeria outbreak linked to Coco & Carmen restaurant, central Stockholm sickened around 20 people.
- Initial tracing covered 25–27 September but was widened to include 23–24 September, with about 400 guests who dined between Sept. 23 and 27 contacted for monitoring.
- Food hygiene inspectors found no shortcomings on Monday, at least 15 people are hospitalised and four patients developed sepsis, while inspectors await test results on tasting menu ingredients.
- Jakob Forssmed said the government is conducting extensive nationwide work to track and assist patients, while Maria Rotzén Östlund advised those with fever, vomiting, or diarrhea to visit hospital emergency rooms; most of the dozens affected are not seriously ill.
- Infectious disease specialist Viktor Dahl said case numbers are "unusually high," Coco & Carmen plans to reopen on Oct. 7, and its tasting menu costs 795 kronor.
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XinhuaSweden probes listeria outbreak linked to Stockholm restaurant
HELSINKI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Swedish health authorities have launched an extensive contact-tracing effort after a listeria outbreak linked to a restaurant in central Stockholm sickened around 20 people, with several developing sepsis, public broadcaster SVT reported Thursday.
Sweden is in a state of panic over food contaminated with "Listeria" bacteria in a luxury restaurant in Stockholm. 85 people have been found sick, with four of them suffering from serious blood infections. The restaurant has been temporarily closed and apologized to customers.
In the Swedish capital, Stockholm, at least four people have been hospitalized with blood poisoning after eating contaminated food at a restaurant. Eleven other patrons were also hospitalized. In total, more than eighty people developed symptoms. The victims were guests last week at the luxury restaurant Coco & Carmen, where the food is suspected to have been contaminated with listeria bacteria. This bacteria can grow in refrigerated food and is…
In Örebro, Dalarna, Östergötland, Uppsala and Stockholm, sick people have come to the emergency room after eating at Coco & Carmen.
Star chefs Johan Backéus and Birgit Malmcrona from Sundsvall got food poisoning after a lunch in Stockholm this weekend. A total of 15 people are now being treated in hospital. – It has been like a worse cold, with fever and body aches, says Birgit, who is now back home.
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