British boy, 10, nearly died when 'Egypt belly' during EasyJet holiday turned out to be E. coli

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British boy, 10, nearly died when 'Egypt belly' during EasyJet holiday turned out to be E.

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A 10-year-old British boy nearly died after he contracted E.

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coli during his EasyJet holiday.Caroline Lawton, the boy's mother, confirmed the World Health Organisation are helping investigate the bacterium that caused his kidneys to fail.The mother had jetted off to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt with her husband Ross, 43, daughter Lola, 14, son Jude, 10, and four other family members for 12 nights in the sun.But the day before the group of eight were due to fly home from their EasyJet all-inclusive package holiday, she claims her son Jude developed an upset stomach.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say At first, the mum-of-two believed he was suffering from "Egypt belly", but when he began to pass fresh blood in his stools on June 7, she started to panic and booked a GP appointment.At the GP practice, Jude's condition deteriorated, and he was admitted to hospital, placed in a seclusion room and later tested positive for STEC E.coli - a bacterial infection that causes bloody diarrhoea, stomach...

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