Foodborne Illness -- Philippines
The Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) declared a "food and waterborne diseases outbreak" in Barangay Handumanan after 145 pupils of Handumanan Elementary School-I were brought to different hospitals in the city since Fri 14 Oct 2016, due to suspected food poisoning.
Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environmental Sanitation Division, said the situation is considered to be an outbreak because of the large number of cases. Of the 145 patients confined in various hospitals from 14 to 16 Oct 2016,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2e3YsDQ
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