World News 11 Mart 2024

Eight children die after eating sea turtle meat

Eight children and a woman have died after eating sea turtle meat in the Zanzibar archipelago.

The authorities said that 78 people were hospitalised after eating the meal on Pemba Island. It is considered a delicacy in Zanzibar.

Eating contaminated sea turtles can cause chelonitoxism, a rare type of food poisoning that can be lethal. There is no known antidote and only supportive treatment can be offered to patients.

Haji Bakari, Mkoani District medical officer, said that laboratory tests show all those affected had eaten the turtle meat on Tuesday.

He added the adult who died on Friday was the mother of one of the children who died earlier in the week.

The authorities in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, sent a disaster management team led by Hamza Hassan Juma to the island. He urged people to avoid consuming the animals.

Read more on Sky News:
First official photo of Kate since surgery released – as health rumours swirl
Man and woman arrested after 34 bodies removed from funeral parlour in police raid

In November 2021, a three-year-old child and six others died on Pemba after eating turtle meat. Three others were hospitalised.

Symptoms of chelonitoxism vary but include nausea, vomiting and ulceration in the throat and mouth.

In severe cases, patients can be affected by muscular weakness, partial paralysis and agitation, with some falling into a coma.

source

Spread the love <3

You may also like...

Nis
17
2024
0
Building the Ultimate Workout Tracker with React Native &amp; MongoDB

Building the Ultimate Workout Tracker with React Native & MongoDB

Let’s build a full-stack fitness app to track your workouts using React Native, Expo, MongoDB, IBM Stepzen, and GraphQL. Spread...

Spread the love <3
May
01
2024
0
Life is Strange yapımcısından yeni oyun geliyor!

Life is Strange yapımcısından yeni oyun geliyor!

Life is Strange oyun serisinin yapımcısı olan DON’T NOD Montréal, yeni bir oyun projesi olan Lost Records: Bloom & Rage’i...

Spread the love <3
Mar
19
2024
0
Volkswagen Grubu’nda yazılım krizi! Şikayetler birikti

Volkswagen Grubu’nda yazılım krizi! Şikayetler birikti

Alman otomobil devi Volkswagen Grubu, bünyesindeki markalar arasında yaygın yazılım sorunlarıyla karşı karşıya. Bu sorunlar, müşteriler tarafından ciddi şekilde eleştiriliyor...

Spread the love <3
Nis
12
2024
0
SQL Tutorial For Beginners | MySQL Tutorial

SQL Tutorial For Beginners | MySQL Tutorial

Beginners SQL tutorial with code and exercises. Effortlessly set up MySQL, the open-source relational database, as we guide … Spread...

Spread the love <3
Whatsapp İletişim
Merhaba,
Size nasıl yardımcı olabilirim ?