Three children in panhandle contract E. coli
12.jul.06
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KETV7 Omaha
SIDNEY, Neb. -- Health investigators are trying to find out how three toddlers who attend the same day-care center in the Nebraska Panhandle contracted the E. coli virus.
The three children range in age from 9 to 18 months. All were being cared for in the Blues Clues Room at the Here Wee Grow center in Sidney. Two of the children remain hospitalized. The third child has left a hospital and is being cared for at home.
A center statement given to parents at a July 6 meeting confirmed the three cases.
State investigators remain unsure of the source of the E. coli, which is normally a food-borne illness.
The classroom and the center's food and water supplies have been tested. A direct tie of E. coli to the center has not been confirmed.
