One Brit has died in a mysterious E. coli outbreak that is predominantly affecting children, MailOnline understands.
Another six have been hospitalised by an exceptionally rare strain of the diarrhoea-causing bug.
Health officials are scrambling to find the source of the outbreak, which is thought to have emerged towards the end of May. Investigations are ongoing.
Patients reported eating grated hard cheese before being sickened, it was claimed. Others mentioned having strawberries, cucumbers, peppers and watermelon.
But officials insist there