German Health Minister Bahr shakes hands with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner Dalli...
German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (C) shakes hands with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli next to Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner as he leaves a news conference in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SCI TECH HEALTH)