Germany announced on Thursday that a deadly infection there which has killed three people and left more than two hundred ill has been traced to Spanish cucumbers.

Germany announced on Thursday that a deadly infection there which has killed three people and left more than two hundred ill has been traced to Spanish cucumbers.

The outbreak, which began in northern Germany and has now spread to the south, is a particularly aggressive strain of E.coli and is resistant to many antibiotics. Hamburg’s health senator, Cornelia Pruefer-Storcks, said the city’s Hygiene Institute have discovered the bacteria on three cucumbers from Spain, and investigations are currently under way to determine their exact source.

Europa Press reports that the bacteria were identified on a fourth cucumber whose country of origin is not yet known.

The Senator however noted that the analyses have only been carried out on produce in Hamburg, adding that other produce may have been the source of the infection elsewhere in the country.

The German public, particularly those in the north of the country, were advised this week to not eat any vegetables, especially lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber, without cooking.

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