Food bug hits new nursery.

ANOTHER Scots nursery has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly E coli 0157 virus.

Health officials in Fife say a child at Lynburn Primary School Nursery in Dunfermline has contracted the bug.

It is understood the youngster was tested as part of screening involving staff, children and families linked to the Lauder Care Share nursery where the outbreak was first discovered 10 days ago.

The child is thought to have attended both nurseries, which are less than a mile apart.

A spokesman for NHS Fife said the child, whose age has not been given, was well and showed no symptoms while at the nursery and had not required hospital treatment.

Letters are being sent to parents with information on the virus.

A helpline has also been set up for concerned Fife residents on 08000 28 28 36.

The first child diagnosed with the bug at the Lauder nursery was discharged yesterday from Glasgow's Yorkhill Hospital after treatment for kidney failure.

The two-year-old girl is said to have made good progress but another four children aged between 22 months and two years old remain on dialysis.

A further three youngsters from the Lauder nursery are being treated at home along with an adult.

Nine children and one adult have contracted the bug in Fife.

Fears of an outbreak at a nursery in Insch, Aberdeenshire, are easing.

Two boys were taken to hospital in Aberdeen. One was discharged last night and test results to confirm if they had the bug are due today.

The Fife and north-east cases are not thought to be connected.

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