Ralf Wiegand
Ralf Wiegand is a correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung in northern Germany.
Updated: 18 January 2017
By Ralf Wiegand
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E.coli crisis: Hamburg — agony of the big city
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich)
Ralf Wiegand is a correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung in northern Germany.
Hamburg, at the epicentre of the food crisis brought on by the EHEC pathogen, has run up the epidemic flag: the blood supply is running out, and vegetables are rotting unsold. ‘We’re still alive,’ hisses the vendor in her market booth. A report.