Overview

• Baja California’s health secretary linked the illnesses to chicken served through the “Pancita llena, corazón contento” program, with reports ranging from 78 to at least 245 affected pupils across six primary schools.
• Authorities said all known cases are mild and students are evolving favorably, with no severe cases reported and many already discharged from medical care.
• COEPRIS collected samples of purified water and the chicken dishes for laboratory analysis and carried out epidemiological visits along the food distribution route.
• Governor Marina del Pilar ordered a formal investigation, and the Health Secretariat began verification and sanction procedures under state health regulations.
• Emergency services responded to multiple campuses and transported about 40 children, while school notices identified AB Alimentos as the supplier and asked parents to keep medical receipts for reimbursement.