Nearly 200 high school students in southwestern Taiwan’s Chiayi County have been stricken with food poisoning over the past two days
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/04/19
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Nearly 200 high school students in southwestern Taiwan’s
Chiayi City Mayor Twu speaking to student. (By Central News Agency)
Chiayi County have sought treatment for food poisoning over the past two days, reported Liberty Times.
After being served lunch at National Chiayi Senior Commercial Vocational School yesterday afternoon, hundreds of students have reported suffering stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms associated with food poisoning, with 178 having officially checked in to Chiayi Christian Hospital.
The Chiayi City Public Health Bureau conducted on-site inspections of the school and school lunch suppliers and took samples of the lunches and the students’ vomit which have been submitted to the lab for verification of the cause in seven days.
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