E coli spread traced to sprouts: Germany

German agricultural authorities identified locally grown bean sprouts as the likely cause of the deadly E coli outbreak that has killed 22 people and sickened over 2,200 others in Europe.

German agricultural authorities on Sunday identified locally grown bean sprouts as the likely cause of the deadly E coli outbreak that has killed 22 people and sickened over 2,200 others in Europe.

The Lower Saxony agriculture ministry sent an alert on Sunday warning people to stop eating the sprouts,Ministry Spokesman Gert Hahne said. Hahne said the sprouts were grown on a farm in Lower Saxony in Northern Germany. He said while official test results have not yet conclusively shown that the Lower Saxony grown sprouts were to blame,all indications speak to them being the cause.

The head of Germanys National Disease Control Center raised the death toll to 22 on Sunday with 21 people in Germany and one in Sweden,and said another 2,153 people in Germany have been sickened. It also includes 627 people who have developed a rare,serious complication that can cause kidney failure.

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Comments by Health Minister Daniel Bahr came after journalists reported on the chaos and unsanitary conditions in emergency room of the University Medical Centre in Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Bahr said that hospitals in Northern Germany were struggling to provide enough beds and medical care for patients stricken by the bacterial outbreak,and suggested that other regions start taking in sick patients from the north. Fear of the deadly E coli outbreak has also spread to countries outside Europe. Qatar,Lebanon,the UAE and Russia have temporarily banned imports of fresh vegetables from Europe.

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