PRO/EDR> Foodborne illness – Egypt: (SJ) schoolchildren, RFI

Foodborne Illness — Egypt
Egypt’s Health Ministry says hundreds of schoolchildren have been admitted to hospital in a suspected mass food poisoning this week. The ministry says the outbreak involved 2262 children in 8 schools in the southern province of Sohag. They developed symptoms after eating school meals provided as part of a government food program for schoolchildren.
The ministry statement late on [Tue 14 Mar 2017], said most of those admitted to hospital have been released. Samples of the meals were being