Health officials in the New York area have said that three people have died after getting infected by a 'flesh-eating' bacteria. According to media reports, officials informed that the infection can be acquired by eating oysters or swimming in the ocean.

Three people die in New York due to 'flesh-eating' bacteria

A flesh-eating bacteria has claimed the lives of three people here in the United States. Calling the bacteria extraordinarily dangerous New York released guidelines for residents. The Vibrio vulnificus bacteria caused a condition called The Roses. It is a rare but potentially fatal infection that can cause skin breaks, ulcers symptoms including diarrhoea, stomach cramps, vomiting, fevers and chill exposure and can also result in an ear infection and cause sepsis or a life-threatening wound infection.

New York alerts residents against rare, deadly bacteria

A 5,000-mile-wide blob of murky seaweed slithered menacingly across the Atlantic before depositing itself upon the US coastline. It may have been one of Alfred Hitchcock's fantastical otherworldly stories.

US: Heaps of seaweed full of flesh-eating bacteria hit Florida beaches

The United States may be in for some more trouble. After inducting the world’s highest coronavirus fatalities while simultaneously witnessing one of its biggest waves of anti-racism protests in recent history, the country may be dealing with flesh-eating bacteria.

United States reports five cases of infections caused by a flesh-eating bacteria