The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has encouraged learners and parents to be vigilant as cases of suspected food poisoning are doing the rounds in various parts of South Africa. The WCED confirmed 20 learners from a school in Mfuleni were rushed to a hospital for medical treatment after they complained of having stomach cramps this week. WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said the cause of the stomach cramps remains unknown. […]
By Rachel Mohamed Recent reports of fatal food poisoning in the Gauteng province have sparked concern across the country, as parents fear that more children could fall prey to tainted food products, which the National Health Department has pointed to as an unnamed ‘chemical agent’ from unknown origins. These concerns have sparked a conversation with the public calling for greater regulations, which have extended to the Western Cape and the […]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced that a chemical agent is responsible the recent food poisoning outbreak that has affected several learners in Gauteng. This year, the Gauteng Health Department has recorded 203 incidents of food poisoning, including six fatalities. About a week ago, 35 students in Limpopo received treatment for probable food poisoning. Speaking on VOC Breakfast on Tuesday the department’s national spokesperson, […]
Cabinet has expressed deep concern over the recent surge in food poisoning incidents among children, stemming from the consumption of expired and contaminated food from spaza shops and street vendors. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, revealed that the Cabinet has fully endorsed the decisions made at an International Migration Workshop hosted by the Home Affairs Department. During a media briefing in Pretoria yesterday, Ntshavheni emphasised the urgent need for the implementation […]
Authorities continue to probe an alleged case of food poisoning in Seawinds. At least 30 adults and 20 children had fallen ill after apparently eating from the same batch of food handed out to them in the Overcome Heights Informal Settlement earlier this week. Some started vomiting while others experienced stomach cramps and nausea. Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) said officials were deployed to the area after receiving an […]
At least two people have died and hundreds more have fallen ill after suffering food poisoning in a camp for displaced Iraqis east of Mosul, officials said. People started vomiting and some fainted after eating the fast-breaking iftar meal on Monday, lawmaker Zahed Khatoun, a member of the Iraqi parliament's committee for displaced people told Reuters news agency on Tuesday. Iraq's health minister told The Associated Press that a girl […]
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