Chukotka: 24 students went to the hospital with acute food poisoning

In Anadyr, investigators opened a criminal case on the fact of mass poisoning of schoolchildren, 24 lyceum students were hospitalized in the infectious department of the hospital.

The incident was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on its Twitter. Pupils of the "Chukchi district multidisciplinary lyceum" received acute food poisoning. Now investigators are interrogating the leadership of the educational institution and the workers of the catering unit.

24 lyceum students on Chukotka are hospitalized with acute food poisoning. The investigators in Anadyr opened a criminal case on the fact of a group disease of students of the Chukotsky District Multidisciplinary Lyceum. The heads of the educational institution and employees of the catering unit Pic.twitter.com/oudrhigb8r are interrogated

- Investigative Committee (@sledcom_rf) September 19, 2018

On September 10, investigators in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky began a preliminary investigation at school No. 42, where 17 students turned to the medical office with complaints of poor health. The school for weekly quarantine is closed following the results of the work of a special commission. On July 20, 13 children and one adult were taken to the hospital in the Birobidzha district camp in the Birobidzha district of the Jewish autonomy. The work of the camp was stopped.