Eighty-eight children suffering from gastroenteritis from collective food poisoning at a kindergarten in Singapore

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Eighty children have been infected with gastroenteritis, four have been infected with salmonella and three have been admitted to hospital in a food poisoning incident at a kindergarten in Newtown, Singapore, singapore's Union Morning Post reported.
, Newtown-based kindergarten Kiddiwinkie Schoolhouse 7 informed parents that the center has 18 people infected with gastroenteritis, 4 people infected with salmonella.
parents said both of her children showed signs of food poisoning, first a fever and vomiting on the 4th, and a 2-year-old fever and diarrhea the next day.
"I live in an apartment where five children are sick, another apartment has 10 children with illness, and one is my friend's child."
" another parent also said that his 3-year-old son on the 5th fever of more than 39 degrees Celsius, stomach pain and vomiting symptoms, he rushed the child to the hospital for treatment.
kindergarten told parents that the incident had been reported to the Child Care Development Agency (ECDA) and that the kindergarten would be disinfected and sterilized on a daily day.
Child Care Department said on the 9th, has been informed of the incident, and the Ministry of Health is currently learning more about the situation.
said : As far as we know , a group of children were infected and treated , and three children were hospitalized , one of whom was discharged on the 8th .
other children are currently recuperateing at home.
department noted that kindergarten staff were not infected and that the Department of Early Childhood Development would work with the Ministry of Health and kindergartens to ensure that the health of affected children improved.
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