TOKYO: More than 600 students and staff members at multiple schools in Kumatori Town, Osaka have reported symptoms of food poisoning, Xinhua reported, citing public broadcaster NHK on Thursday (March 26).
Students and staff members at eight elementary and junior high schools in the town have developed symptoms, including diarrhoea and vomiting, since last Thursday. As of Tuesday, the total number of those affected reached 633, according to the NHK report.
The local health centre detected norovirus in some of the affected students. The same virus was also found in employees of a company that supplied bread for school lunches to all elementary and junior high schools in the town.
Based on these findings, the public health centre determined that the outbreak was caused by food poisoning from bread served in school lunches and imposed a five-day business suspension on the related manufacturer. - Bernama-Xinhua
