A school in Sichuan Province was the site of a food
poisoning outbreak which left 45 pupils in hospital, local
authorities said on Sunday.
The pupils in hospital are from Grade One and Grade Six in the
Chongzhou City Experimental Primary School, said the
authorities.
Authorities revealed that the pupils, all from Grades One and
Six at Chongzhou City's Experimental Primary School, had shown
symptoms including headaches, stomach aches, fever, vomiting and
drowsiness since Saturday and had been diagnosed with food
poisoning.
The pupils had lunch in school on Friday but developed symptoms
of food poisoning over the course of the weekend.
The cause of the food poisoning is being investigated.
(Xinhua News Agency September 4, 2006)