Mass poisoning, presumably from shawarma, was recorded in Irkutsk
In the city of Bratsk, Irkutsk region, doctors recorded mass food poisoning. All victims felt unwell after visiting the same establishment where they ate shawarma. “From Saturday to Sunday, 13 people sought medical help, eight of them were hospitalized, including one minor, a 16-year-old teenager. All of them had symptoms of food poisoning: vomiting, diarrhea,” Svetlana Kaurova, a representative of the Irkutsk Rospotrebnadzor, told the Interfax-Siberia agency .