A patient, infected with the enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) killer bacteria, lies in his bed in an isolation ward of the 'Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf ' (University Clinic Eppendorf- UKE) in the northern German city of Hamburg onJune 8, 2011. Germany expressed hope that the "worst" of the highly virulent strain of E. coli bacteria (EHEC) outbreak was over as national and European Union health and consumer affairs officials met for urgent talks on the crisis. AFP PHOTO / POOL / FABIAN BIMMER