Beijing, 7 sep (EFE).-more than 200 cases of poisoning by eating foods in poor condition or drinking contaminated water have been in China since the start of classes, the last in a nursery with 23 children, reported today the Agency official Xinhua.
In the latter case, 23 the pre-school 113 who usually attend class in the southern province of Jiangxi, Red Star nursery intoxicaron with lunch, consisting of noodles and rice.
Research authorities assured that they will have the results of the analysis in three days and that all children were admitted to different hospitals of Gaoan, locality where it was produced the event.
The case of this nursery joins two others occurred they began classes, less than a week ago. In the first of these, 47 students in primary education were admitted to various hospitals of Tangshan in Hebei province in northern China, and his State, according to medical sources, is stable.
On the other, also in Hebei, 135 high school students suffered strong vomiting and dizziness after consuming contaminated water. Fifty of them, some in serious condition, are still under medical observation in hospitals of the region
Cases of dead or intoxicated by eating food in poor state are frequent in China. At the end of August, 11 people were killed and more than 100 were admitted in the Western Chinese region of Xinjiang after taking vinegar stored in containers previously used for storing an antifreeze poison.
, However, the most serious cases of food poisoning in China occurred in 2008, when the death of six babies and the poisoning of other 300,000 by altered with melamine milk consumption attracted worldwide attention.EFE
