In Germany, the number of cases of students has increased to 6500

At least 6,500 children and adolescents in Germany contracted gastro-intestinal infection, according to the Reuters news agency on Saturday.
The previously reported 5.5 thousand infected.
The majority of cases - students from the eastern area of ​​the country: in Saxony, Thuringia, Berlin and Brandenburg. In some cases, the sick and the teacher. Symptoms - vomiting and diarrhea. All patients were used in food products from the same supplier, the company Sodexo.
Representatives of the firm Sodexo accusations of producing substandard products rejected, citing the results of the checks.
No cases of the disease known since Tuesday.
Experts advise not to compare the current outbreak of the epidemic in May last year, when an unusual strain of intestinal infection E. coli (E. coli) in Germany has killed more than 50 people.
Now experts are searching for the source of infection.