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E.coli alert: Two Britons hospitalised after contracting deadly bug from water in seaside town

Daily Mail Health · 27 August 2026 at 13:06

E.coli alert: Two Britons hospitalised after contracting deadly bug from water in seaside town

Levels of a potentially deadly bacteria in a river used for water activities for children, have 'spiked alarmingly' leaving two children in hospital.

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E.coli alert: Two Britons hospitalised after contracting deadly bug from water in seaside town

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