<p>The number of students who fell sick due to food poisoning in southwest China has risen to 386, with 231 of them still under observation at a local hospital.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Yesterday, as many as 346 students, including 45 in serious condition, were hospitalised with diarrhoea like symptoms in Sichuan Province, local officials said.<br /><br />231 of the hospitalised students from Meishan Yingtian School are still under observation at a local hospital, the Dongpo District government of the city of Meishan said.<br /><br />Some students were found with symptoms of vomiting, dizziness and fever two days ago at the school with over 1,300 students in its kindergarten, primary, junior and high-school grades.<br /><br />Experts from the provincial disease control and prevention centre have sealed up food samples from the school's dining hall, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.<br />Government authorities in Meishan City have started food safety checks in all schools in the city.<br /><br />China has been witnessing a spate of food poisoning incidents in schools and factories.<br /><br />On June 12, one person died due to suspected poisoning while 160 others working in a food company in south China's Guangdong Province fell ill after eating at the firm's canteen.<br /><br />Similar incidents were reported from different parts of the country.</p>
<p>The number of students who fell sick due to food poisoning in southwest China has risen to 386, with 231 of them still under observation at a local hospital.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Yesterday, as many as 346 students, including 45 in serious condition, were hospitalised with diarrhoea like symptoms in Sichuan Province, local officials said.<br /><br />231 of the hospitalised students from Meishan Yingtian School are still under observation at a local hospital, the Dongpo District government of the city of Meishan said.<br /><br />Some students were found with symptoms of vomiting, dizziness and fever two days ago at the school with over 1,300 students in its kindergarten, primary, junior and high-school grades.<br /><br />Experts from the provincial disease control and prevention centre have sealed up food samples from the school's dining hall, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.<br />Government authorities in Meishan City have started food safety checks in all schools in the city.<br /><br />China has been witnessing a spate of food poisoning incidents in schools and factories.<br /><br />On June 12, one person died due to suspected poisoning while 160 others working in a food company in south China's Guangdong Province fell ill after eating at the firm's canteen.<br /><br />Similar incidents were reported from different parts of the country.</p>