Peterborough’s health unit is investigating a suspected case of food poisoning involving students and staff from Apsley Central Public School following a schoolwide luncheon on Thursday.
Over the weekend, a number of students and staff members began experiencing gastrointestinal illness including vomiting and diarrhea, according to Gillian Pacey, public health inspector at Peterborough Public Health. Pacey is uncertain of exact numbers, but says around 40 students are ill along with some staff members. Pacey says the health unit is having trouble confirming the numbers because buses were cancelled on Monday, Jan. 22 due to weather.
She adds a turkey lunch was served to students and staff at the North Kawartha Community Centre Thursday, Jan. 18, adding the health unit is in the process of investigating whether the illness experienced is connected. The meal, says Pacey, was not prepared at the community centre, but was brought in by school volunteers.
“There is a … virus going around, which is why we are investigating,” says Pacey.
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