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74 children hospitalized in Zambia for suspected food poisoning

Kitwe Teaching Hospital in Zambia. At least 74 children have been admitted to the hospital for suspected food poisoning. PHOTO | KITWE TEACHING HOSPITAL | FACEBOOK

By  MICHAEL CHAWE

About 74 children have been admitted to hospital in Zambia for suspected food poisoning, state radio reported.

The children, aged between six and 14, had dined at a birthday party in Zambia’s second largest city of Kitwe.

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