An alleged food poisoning outbreak which affected 120 learners from two neighboring schools in Komani (formerly Queenstown) yesterday, has reportedly spread to another school this morning. Ambulances are currently rushing to the school. Komani-Karoo Express is currently trying to get confirmation on this morning’s outbreak from the Eastern Cape Health Department.
It was a highly emotional day for over 100 parents from Edlelweni Public Primary and John Noah High School after learners from the schools suffered from an alleged food-borne illness and had to be transported to Frontier Hospital from the Lizo Ngcana Clinic in Komani (formerly Queenstown), by the provincial Emergency Medical Services yesterday, October 26.
Community WhatsApp groups raised the alarm at around 11:40 about children who had gone to the clinic in numbers.
The Eastern Cape Department of Health confirmed the number of treated learners, aged between 8 and 15, to be 120. The cause of the alleged food poisoning could not be confirmed yesterday.
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