Azerbaijan, Baku, June 1 / Trend I.Isabalayeva /
The Azerbaijani Health Ministry has urged people to be cautious when consuming fruits and vegetables.
The Azerbaijani population should be cautious when consuming fruits and vegetables in connection due to the intestinal poisonings that have occurred in Germany, Disease Control Department head Viktor Gasimov, told Trend.
"People should first take care of the personal hygiene to avoid contamination with any infection in summer. In addition, they should eat fruits and vegetables only after a thorough washing. We talked about this not only this year, but last year too," Gasimov said.
Cases of the intestinal infection that began to spread in Germany have already appeared in Austria, Britain, Denmark, France, Netherlands and Sweden.
The source of infection has not been yet revealed.