The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Friday the two cases of salmonella reported in Knox County have been linked to the Subway Restaurant in Abingdon.

“The cases have been linked — which means that the two people who were sickened by salmonella in Knox County reported eating at the restaurant in Abingdon,” said IDPH spokesperson Melanie Arnold. “Our investigation into the salmonella outbreak continues.”

“In the case of the two people linked to Abingdon, they are just that — linked,” Arnold said. “The IDPH and the health department in Knox County will continue to investigate all of the elements present in Abingdon’s Subway — the food handlers, the distributors, the trucks used by distributors, and the sources that the distributors get their food from.”

Arnold added that the IDPH has not determined if all Subway restaurants in Knox County are serviced by the same distributors. She said that issue “is also part of the investigation.”

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