Spain – Gran Canaria – 200 Ill from Salmonella

El Confidencial

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, May 5 (Reuters) -. Nearly 200 people, mostly children 2 to 17 years, have suffered food poisoning from a salmonellosis outbreak in a school in San Bartolome de Tirajana (Gran Canaria) that has forced hospitalization of 18 students in different centers.

 This outbreak of salmonellosis, the largest ever recorded in the archipelago, occurred in South Arenas school after one of the food handlers of this private education center contaminated with bacteria “Salmonella Enteritidis” a pasta salad that served as lunch on Wednesday.

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