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130 Malawian students hospitalized due to food poisoning

Blantyre, Malawi, Sep 27 (UNI) About 130 students from a secondary school in Malawi's commercial city of Blantyre were rushed to hospital on Monday after they presented with serious signs of suspected food poisoning, according to local authorities.
The Ministry of Education said on Monday morning that 45 students were rushed to hospital and that 42 responded to the treatment and got discharged while three students were still admitted.
But a statement, released by the Blantyre District Health Office (DHO) late Monday afternoon, said a total of 131 students (from Lunzu Secondary School) were affected, and 53 students were treated as outpatients while 78 students were admitted to the hospital.
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