CALGARY Parents started showing up at Calgary hospitals with sick children on Sept. 1, the Friday before the Labour Day weekend. The numbers grew on Saturday. By Sunday, as more and more children fell ill, the first case of Shiga toxin-producing E.
The eight-week outbreak was traced back to Fueling Minds, a catering company and school lunch delivery service provider that prepared food for its locations and other daycares.
The E. coli outbreak, declared on Sept. 4, led to at least 448 infections 39 children and one adult were hospitalized for severe illness. Another 32 secondary cases have also been linked.