The epidemic, possibly of food origin, affected around twenty students at the nursery school in the Valencian city.
The five children admitted to the Lluís Alcanyís hospital in Xàtiva after poisoning at the nursery school in the Valencian city of Beniganim They were released, as health sources confirmed to Europa Press.
Concretely, the five minors were released from the hospital this Thursday afternoon. A total of 20 children were treated between the municipality health center and the hospital, five of whom were admitted – two of them tested positive at the hospital. E.Coli bacteria-. The other three admitted also had symptoms, but the negative culture result may reflect a lower load of bacteria in their bodies.
The General Directorate of Public Health of the Ministry of Health has confirmed the existence of an epidemic – since it is considered on the basis of this figure in the same nucleus – of infection by E. Coli of possible food origin.
Poisoning of these characteristics can occur through direct consumption of infected food or because an infected person can transmit the bacteria to food that was previously in good condition at the time it was given.
The Benigànim school welcomes children from zero to six years in a concerted educational regime for the age group of three to six years, while care of the youngest children (0 to 3 years) is private.
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