Last updated: 16:4 - July 23, 2008 |
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Source of Article: http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/life/230708/life_ca.htm |
Nhan Dan – Since early this year, 106
cases of food poisoning have occurred in the whole country, with 4,718 people
suffering from food poisoning, 3,670 of them have been hospitalised
and 43 died, announced the Food Safety and Hygiene Department under the
Ministry of Public Heath, on July 22. These figures mean a drop of over 12%
in number of cases of food poisoning as against the same time of last year,
but represent an increase of over 53% in number of people suffering from food
poisoning and dead. Noticeably, the South Eastern region
has the highest number of people suffering from food poisoning, accounting
for approximately 52% of the number of cases of food poisoning in the whole
country. However, the highest number of
fatality cases of food poisoning is in northern region. There have not been
any fatality cases of food poisoning in South Eastern region, North Central
region and the Central Coastal region. The Food Safety and Hygiene Department
said that the cases of food poisoning had mainly occurred in families with
over 55% of total cases of food poisoning, followed by the cases happened in
collective canteens, wedding ceremonies, especially in pavement food shops
with only 6.6%. |
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