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German health minister: cautiously optimistic on E.coli

Germany's Health Minister Daniel Bahr said on Tuesday there was reason to be cautiously optimistic that an outbreak of a deadly new strain of E.coli that has killed 23 people had peaked.
/ Source: Reuters

Germany's Health Minister Daniel Bahr said on Tuesday there was reason to be cautiously optimistic that an outbreak of a deadly new strain of E.coli that has killed 23 people had peaked.

"There are some arguments suggesting the worst is behind us," Bahr also said, adding the rate of new infections had slowed.