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At Least Nine Minors Hospitalized With Suspected Food Poisoning at Moscow University Event

Prosecutors are supervising the inquiry by Rospotrebnadzor into the university olympiad incident.

Overview

  • Symptoms began during an intellectual competition on industrial development at a Moscow university, and organizers immediately called emergency services.
  • Students were taken to Clinical Infectious Hospitals No. 1 and No. 2, where the health department says they are receiving full medical care.
  • Prosecutors reported that at least nine minors were hospitalized from a campus on Gasheka Street, and several others sought treatment on their own.
  • Rospotrebnadzor said specialists have launched an epidemiological investigation and that the situation is under the agency’s control.
  • Authorities have not named a pathogen or confirmed a source, though preliminary information notes a commercial contractor handled catering at the venue.