Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to share update on Calgary E. coli outbreak Friday
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Premier Danielle Smith will be joining health officials and her ministers for an update on an E. coli outbreak in Calgary that has sickened hundreds, leaving some seriously ill.
Premier Danielle Smith will be joining health officials and her ministers for an update on an E. coli outbreak in Calgary that has sickened hundreds, leaving some seriously ill.
The premier, along with Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, Children and Family Services Minister Searle Turton and Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Mark Joffe will be speaking to reporters outside the McDougall Centre on Friday.
As of Thursday, there were 329 lab-confirmed cases of E. coli and 13 children being treated in hospital.
The outbreak has been linked to Fueling Minds, a centralized kitchen that provided contaminated food to several child care facilities in the Calgary area.
The facility remains closed and health officials are still working to determine the exact source of the outbreak.
Earlier this week, health officials revealed that inspections found a number of critical violations at the kitchen, including improper food handling, inadequate sanitization and pest control problems.
Parents of children who've gotten sick from the outbreak are upset with the company, demanding and apology and launching a class-action lawsuit.
