Gauteng Health Department has expressed concern over the significant increase in food poisoning
The cases among children, particularly in townships, informal settlements and hostels.
This comes after an incident in which seven children were admitted to the Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital last Thursday for suspected food poisoning.The department’s spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says local shop owners should comply with hygiene standards. “Now this is a concerning incident especially if you look at the fact that since February 2024we have had a total of 207 cases affecting children that were reported across the province and I think this is a worrying trend that we are seeing.”
Modiba has added that the department has intervened by having environmental health teams working with local municipalities to continue doing inspections and encouraging even small businesses, Spaza shops, etc. to comply with the necessary regulations.” Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.
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