Over 20 students hospitalized for suspected food poisoning in South Africa


JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- A total of 25 students from a primary school in Gauteng Province, South Africa, were hospitalized on Thursday after falling ill from suspected food poisoning, according to provincial education authorities.

The students from Mshuluzane Mayisela Primary School in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng, became sick after eating snacks purchased from street vendors outside the school on Thursday, said the Gauteng provincial department of education.

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