Health officials have warned of a surge in deadly E coli infections following an outbreak linked to contaminated salad leaves that killed two people last year.
Infections of shiga toxin E coli (Stec) rose by 26 per cent to 2,544 cases in 2024, partly driven by the salad outbreak, which led to 196 cases, 11 people developing life-threatening complications and 126 people needing hospital treatment.