About a hundred teenagers and others fell into severe food poisoning at two of their own kindergartens in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province.
Some of them also have to go through dialysis to consider hemolytic and uremic syndrome, burger disease. Authorities are investigating how the infections occurred.
The variety of patients has increased since teenagers in kindergarten showed symptoms of food poisoning on June 12, on Thursday the Gyeonggi provincial government.
About a hundred other Americans had diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever on Thursday. Thirty-one were hospitalized at the same time, and 22, 1 young man, and 3 members of the family circle remained in the hospital. Young people hospitalized for Fouryoungster are affected by hemolytic and uremic syndrome, five of which go on dialysis.
The syndrome is caused by enterohaemorrhagic E. coli, which occurs when other Americans eat half-cooked beef or other infected foods. Children under the age of five and the elderly may be affected by kidney failure.
18 adolescents and 18 teachers were evaluated and E. coli O157 discovered four adolescents and one teacher.
The authorities confiscated kitchen utensils from food and canned ingredients for analysis. They are also investigating a case of food poisoning in kindergarten near kindergarten, where 8 teenagers and an instructor had symptoms of norovirus. A total of 167 teenagers are enrolled in this kindergarten, which has 28 instructors and cooks.
A district official said: “Food ingredients are provided to kindergartens and other canals and patients have other symptoms.”