120 Eastern Cape pupils complain of food-poisoning symptoms after eating snacks bought from hawker
The Tshwane Metro Police Department , SAPS, and the health department are seen confiscating expired food items from spaza shops in Temba, Hammanskraal.Around 120 pupils in Komani presented with food-poisoning symptoms on Thursday.Around 120 pupils complained of food-poisoning symptoms in Komani in the Eastern Cape on Thursday.
Kupelo said the pupils had told healthcare workers that they consumed food, such as scones, snacks, and frozen drinks, from a hawker who sells goods close to their schools.Fifty of them are in a stable condition at Frontier Hospital in Komani. Kupelo said that health and environmental officers were"taking samples for further testing" and added that the hospital had also taken samples for toxicity tests.Provincial education department spokesperson Geoffrey van der Merwe said the children were hospitalised for suspected food poisoning after complaining about stomach cramps, numbness, and headaches. They were discharged the same day.
The Gauteng Department of Education said on Friday that the boy and a fellow pupil, from Onkgopotse Tiro Primary School in Tshepisong, hadtwo boys, Neo Khang and Leon Jele, died and two girls were fighting for their lives
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