At least 68 people across the US are now known to have been infected by contaminated eyedrops — killing three, blinding eight and leaving four others needing an eyeball surgically removed.
The over-the-counter drops by EzriCare and Delsam Phama, first recalled in February, have now been linked to cases in 16 states across the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an updated alert Tuesday of a tally from March 14, meaning it could now be higher.
That includes cases in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, the CDC said. At least 37 were “linked to four healthcare facility clusters,” the CDC said, without detailing where they are.
“Three people have died and there have been 8 reports of vision loss and 4 reports of enucleation (surgical removal of eyeball),” the agency said, again without detailing where the most serious cases were.
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