The number of people in a Salmonella outbreak in Finland has doubled to more than 50, according to public health officials.
In July, 27 people in different parts of Finland were reported to have fallen ill with Salmonella Mbandaka infections. As of early September, 54 people have been sickened in the outbreak.
Patients fell sick between April and August and 31 of them are women. Their average age is 29 and the range is under 1 to 74 years old.
Four people were hospitalized because of their infections and only one patient had traveled abroad before becoming ill, said the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
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