UPDATED

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) revealed this afternoon that the strain of Acinetobacter baumannii that killed two babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has not been detected within the environment of the NICU.

According to a press statement released by the PHA, the hospital is still investigating the matter and has imposed "new strict infection control precautions" that are "effective and are preventing new infections".

For more on this story see tomorrow's Tribune.

The Public Hospitals Authority is scheduled to release its findings into the bacterial outbreak that Killed two babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Princess Margaret Hospital.

For background information on the outbreak click HERE.