The deaths of two patients at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and one at Aintree Hospital has already been confirmed by an investigation into the outbreak. Email webnews@mirror.co.ukIn a statement they said: "The affected sandwiches and salads were withdrawn from hospitals when the links to the listeria infections were first identified". The supplier of the food was The Good Food Chain, who have 'voluntarily' ceased production while the investigation continues. They had been supplied with meat produced by North Country Cooked Meats which subsequently produced a positive test result for the outbreak strain of listeria. "PHE is continuing to analyse all recent and ongoing samples of listeria from hospital patients to understand whether their illness is linked to this outbreak."

Source: Daily Mirror June 14, 2019 14:37 UTC