Food poisoning sickens 78 students in south China city
( 2003-11-26 22:26) (Xinhua)
Food poisoning hit an elementary school in Beihai
City of southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Wednesday, sickening
78 students, according to the local government.
A spokesman from Beihai city government said 33 of the students were in
hospital in stable condition, while the others being closely observed in school.
Dozens of students, mostly from the first, second and third grades at the
city's No. 10 Primary School of Haicheng District reported stomach upsets and
vomiting after their breakfast.
Preliminary tests by local specialists showed the soya milk and cakes might
have been the cause of the mass food poisoning.
It was China's fourth case of food poisoning in schools this month with one
killed and 85 students sickened in the previous two food poisonings in November.
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