Sixty-four students were poisoned after eating lunch at their
middle school in Zaoyang City, central China's Hubei
Province, Thursday.
All the ill students were taken to hospital and were in stable
condition.
According to local sources, the 64 students started to vomit and
suffer stomachache after lunch. So far, all the 64 students are in
stable condition.
According to the preliminary findings, the source may have been
the rice they ate, but further investigation is still underway.
(Xinhua News Agency November 7, 2003)