E.Coli outbreak spreads outside of Germany- answers

true/false/no evidence

1. 50 people have died in the EColi outbreak in Germany. F: 15
2. Over 1,000 people have been taken ill. T
3. Outbreaks in other parts of Europe can be traced to the same source. NE: we don’t know where the infection came from
4. All deaths apart from one have so far been in Germany. T a Swedish woman has died but other than her all deaths are in Germany
5. Spain saw the very first case of EColi in Europe. F: the first in Spain – Germany is where it started
6. All cases across Europe are critical. NE: we have no information about the severity of the cases
7. All people contracting the infection outside Germany had recently visited Germany. T: all had been to Germany
8. The outbreak has come from Spanish cucumbers. F: the use of the past perfect tense is the clue here they had blamed Spanish cucumbers but we sense that this is no longer the case
9. The Spanish are very angry about this accusation. T
10. Germans are afraid of buying cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce. NE: we know that Germans have be warned not to buy these but we don’t know how people are feeling about it