Twenty-one young students in a private school in western China
fell ill and were hospitalized after eating in the school's
cafeteria, Xinhua news agency reported Friday.
The students at the private school in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region complained of
headaches, abdominal pain and vomiting after lunch on Wednesday, a
local health official was quoted as saying.
Nineteen of the students, ages 6 to 14, were discharged from
hospital the same day after treatment, while the others were still
hospitalized but not in critical condition, according to the
official.
There has been an outbreak of mass food poisonings in China
since August, most of which happened in schools.
At least 16 children, mostly between 2 and 5 years old, were
hospitalized last week after eating at a kindergarten in Xinjiang,
and earlier in October, 56 children between 3 and 6 years old fell
ill after eating at a nursery school in southern China's Jiangxi
province.
(Shanghai Daily November 3, 2006)