An eight-year-old girl has died in Tunisia after suffering complications caused by the Shigella bacteria as officials warn of a wave of infections, health officials said on Wednesday.

Tunis regional health director Tarek Ben Naceur announced the girl’s death and told local radio station Mosaique FM that she was brought to the hospital too late for treatment to be effective in saving her life.

Shigella is a bacteria very similar to E.coli and causes dysentery, among other health issues.