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| In Karelia, 115 people, including 48 children, were poisoned by shawarma |
| 2024-09-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] In the city of Segezha in the Republic of Karelia, 115 people were poisoned by shawarma. This was reported by the press service of the regional Rospotrebnadzor. “As of 09:00 (Moscow time), the Federal Budgetary Institution of Health “Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Republic of Karelia” received a total of 115 emergency notifications of cases of acute intestinal infections, including 48 children under 17 years of age, associated with the consumption of shawarma,” the publication states. The agency representatives noted that the disease was moderate to severe. Laboratory tests diagnosed salmonellosis in the victims. Numerous gross violations related to water supply and personal hygiene conditions were identified at the point where the shawarma was sold. In connection with this, the court suspended the operation of the establishment where the shawarma was sold for 60 days. On September 11, three schools were closed for quarantine. Representatives of Rospotrebnadzor explained that on September 4, a mass poisoning by shawarma occurred in Segezha. Investigators from the prosecutor's office established that all the victims bought ready-made food at the same food service outlet. As reported by the Regnum news agency, the schoolgirl died after eating shawarma that she bought in a cafe in the city of Tetyushi in Tatarstan. The eleven-year-old girl felt ill shortly after eating the dish, she was very nauseous. Two days later, the child was hospitalized in a state of acute toxic poisoning and shock. Later, E. coli and salmonella were found in the food products of the cafe where the child was poisoned. Earlier, employees of the Moscow office of Rospotrebnadzor temporarily closed the canteen of the Cherkizovsky meat-packing plant due to violations identified during an inspection conducted after the mass poisonings. Related: Shawarma 09/03/2024 E. coli found in cafe where girl fatally poisoned in Tatarstan Shawarma 08/29/2024 'A dangerous dish, especially in the heat.' Shawarma 05/06/2024 Police shoot dead teenager who attacked man with knife in Australia UPDATE: teen was a known wolf |
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