'No new cases' of listeria infection in Spain as health chiefs convinced outbreak is 'in remission'

SPAIN’S health ministry has announced there have been no new cases of listeria infection linked to the three recent outbreaks in Andalucia.

The total number of people who have been infected remains at 215.

It added that the number of patients still being treated has been substantially reduced.

Only 21 people remain hospitalised, of which 14 are in Sevilla, three in Cadiz, two in Malaga and one in both Huelva and Granada.

Its a reduction of 86% since the height of the outbreak on August 22.

There are no patients in the ICU and there have been no new cases of abortions of infected newborns.

Spokesman Jose Miguel Cisneros said the data ‘continues to show that the outbreak is in remission.’

It is expected to come to an end at the end of October, meanwhile it is possible that isolated cases will appear in the population at risk.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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