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| Health officials have confirmed a further case of the deadly E.coli infection which has been connected to two supermarkets in Scotland. | Health officials have confirmed a further case of the deadly E.coli infection which has been connected to two supermarkets in Scotland. |
| Dr Sayed Ahmed told a Glasgow press conference a Paisley woman had been taken to hospital in Ireland. | |
| The public health consultant said she had eaten cold meat from one of two Morrisons stores in Paisley. | The public health consultant said she had eaten cold meat from one of two Morrisons stores in Paisley. |
| A 66-year-old disabled woman has died and her husband is seriously ill following the outbreak of E.coli O157. | A 66-year-old disabled woman has died and her husband is seriously ill following the outbreak of E.coli O157. |
| The new case confirmed in the Republic of Ireland was the eighth victim of the infection linked to the stores in Lonend and Falside Road. | |
| Dr Ahmed said it was still "early days" so could not yet say whether the outbreak was over. | |
| Staff screening | |
| Officials urged anyone who had consumed cold meat from either store in the past couple of weeks and had suffered stomach cramps or diarrhoea to visit their GP. | |
| Dr Ahmed said it was testament to the "type of intelligence we have across the UK and Ireland" that a further case was identified. | |
| He said that although there was not yet any conclusive evidence, cold cooked meat was still the most likely vehicle of infection. | |
| However, he added that no other food from Morrisons had been implicated. | |
| Dr Ahmed added that extensive samples had been taken from both stores and the lines of the food chain supply were being thoroughly investigated. | |
| Environmental health officers were interviewing Morrisons staff who work on the meat counters and screening of employees was being arranged. | |
| Morrisons said cold meats had been withdrawn from the two stores. |