40 children in summer camp suffer vomiting diarrhea

Vomiting: 40 children in camp sick

08/12/2014

In a holiday camp in Swabia, 40 children are suffering from vomiting diarrhea. Six of them had to be taken to a clinic for surveillance. The cause of the disease wave was initially unclear.

Six children to monitor in clinic
In Bavarian Swabia 40 children in a summer camp suffer from vomiting diarrhea. According to the dpa news agency, police said Tuesday that six of them were sent to a clinic for surveillance. It was said that the cause of the wave of illness on Monday evening was initially unclear. According to the police, around 100 children from the Sindelfingen area between the ages of 8 and 14 took part in the holiday camp in Mödingen (Dillingen on the Danube). According to press reports, the responsible health department was informed and taken food samples.

Two years ago, more than 10,000 children and teenagers fell ill
In Germany there are recurrent outbreaks of vomiting (gastroenteritis). As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported years ago, was the largest known food-borne gastroenteritis outbreak in Germany in 2012 in eastern Germany with more than 10,000 children and adolescents diseased. The young patients affected in five eastern German states had symptoms such as fever, massive diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Also concomitant symptoms such as dizziness and loss of appetite were observed. (Ad)

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