Four children sick with salmonella at UK nursery
Posted: October 19th, 2010 - 1:11pm by Doug Powell
Another salmonella outbreak at another nursery, this time in the U.K.
Dunfermline Press reports four children who attend a West Fife nursery have been confirmed as suffering from Salmonella group B infection.
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NHS Fife said that the cases were identified in early October and none of the children are seriously ill.
NHS Fife said that washing hands is an important way to avoid spreading the infection.
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Posted on October 22nd, 2010 - 6:41am
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