Two girls ill in E.coli outbreak

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Two girls who attended a dance camp in Pembrokeshire have contracted E.coli, it has been confirmed.

An 11-year-old from the West Midlands is being treated in hospital and a seven-year-old from Denbighshire is recovering at home.

Both had attended Dance Camp Wales in Cresselly, which runs between 29 July and 9 August.

Pembrokeshire council and the National Public Health Service for Wales (NPHS) are investigating.

The NPHS said the 11-year-old girl is not in intensive care in hospital.

The organisers of Dance Camp Wales are working closely with Pembrokeshire council’s Public Protection Department and the NPHS to contact everyone who attended the event.

John Bilsborough, who helps run the event, said there had never been any previous health problems during the 24 years the event has been held.

He said there were around 600 people at the event this year – a third of them children – who had come from all over the UK and some from Europe.

He described the camp, which is held annually at an organic farm at Cresselly Quay, as a “10-day celebration of dance, singing and creativity” which is “very much a family affair”.

“The environmental health people are getting in touch with everybody who was at the camp to see if there any more cases,” he said.

“With only two cases, it’s very difficult to find a common cause. Read full article…

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