A total of 56 children from 17 schools are gravely ill in hospital after mass poisoning by rats or mice. Health officials say the students ate vegetables suspected of being infected by rodent droppings or urine.
The youngsters in Russia, aged seven to 14, are suffering from high fever, rashes, swelling, redness, vomiting and diarrhoea.
One schoolboy Nikita, nine, said: “My stomach ached badly, and I could not eat and walk.” Got a story? Email webnews@mirror.co.uk In all, 91 were infected with dozens in a “moderately grave” condition in infectious diseases hospitals, according to reports in Krasnoyarsk.
Health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said the children had become infected with yersiniosis after eating salad in their school canteens.
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