At least 10 secondary school teachers are reported to have died of food poisoning, and several others hospitalized in northern Nigeria's Katsina State

At least 10 secondary school teachers are reported to have died of food poisoning, and many others hospitalized in northern Nigeria's Katsina State, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Tuesday.

The incident occurred at the weekend at a workshop organiZed by the state Ministry of Education for some 650 teachers at Government Day Secondary School (GDSS), Kofar Yan'daka, Katsina.

The report stated soon soon after taking their lunch, supplied by a well-liked corporate caterer on the fateful day, a few of the teachers were vomiting and afflicted by diarrhoea, as a result of which they had been rushed to the Federal Medical Center, Katsina as well as the Police Clinic for medication.

Ten of the affected teachers were stated to have died as a result of the infection.State police spokesperson Abubakar Ibrahim confirmed the incident to reporters.

He said only one teacher died, while 19 others had been hospitalized.

He stated 12 of the affected teachers had already been discharged from the hospitals, while seven other people were still on admission at the Federal Medical Center and Katsina Police Clinic.

He stated the police had already collected sample of the food supplied by the caterer for clinical analysis.

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