Posted: June 22nd, 2009 - 9:19pm by Doug Powell

A relative of a north-east Fife toddler who contracted E. coli O157 has died of the infection.

The Courier reports that the child, who became ill around a month ago, was treated at home.

NHS Fife, whose public health department was investigating the case, confirmed that no one outside the family had contracted the illness and that a woman—an older relative of the child—had died in Ninewells.