Food Poisoning

12 Sailors Die on Ship

At least 12 sailors on a Chinese-flagged cargo ship have died of suspected food poisoning off Vietnam’s southern coast, reports Reuters.

12 sailors dead

After receiving distress calls from the ship’s captain, authorities in the island district of Con Dao deployed helicopters to bring the victims and nine other sailors to a hospital onshore, according to Huynh Trung Son, a local government official.

“The survivors are in critical condition and our medical staff are trying to save them,” Son said...

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Maritime World Rattled By Similar Food Poisoning Incidents on Ships

Three ships operating in different parts of the world are all reporting cases of food poisoning among their crew, reports the Maritime Executive. 

What happened?
  • At least two crew members have died while others have been transferred from their ships and hospitalized.
  •  It might be coincidental or an outbreak of the more common norovirus, a common gastrointestinal disease, but it rarely causes deaths.
First Ship
  • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Maldives reported the first cases at the...

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CDC ‘Salmonella Onion Outbreak’ Investigation Report Reveals Cluster

The latest investigation report from the CDC regarding the Salmonella Outbreak from Onions highlights the extent of the infection.

As of August 6, 2020, a total of 640 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Newport have been reported from 43 states. A list of the states and the number of cases in each can be found on the Map of Reported Cases page.

HOW DID IT HAPPEN?

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