近日,韓國全北特別自治道南原市發生疑似食物中毒事件,涉及多所學校,出現了超過1000名疑似食物中毒的患者,而感染的源頭可能是受諾如病毒汙染的泡菜。
About 1,000 people in South Korea are suffering from food poisoning linked to kimchi contaminated with norovirus.

圖源:東方IC
據韓聯社報道,2日上午南原市有15所學校發生疑似食物中毒事件,患者最初為160多人,包括學生及教職工在內的患者出現嘔吐、發熱、腹瀉、腹痛等症狀。
隨後,在短短數天時間裡,患者增加了近1000人,涉及的學校數量也從15所擴大到24所。

南原市市長(左一)向患病群眾表示政府正試圖阻止病毒傳播 圖源:BBC
南原市地方政府5日上午稱,該市已確認有996例病例。但據當地媒體的報道稱,截至6日下午,這一數字已上升至1024例。事件發生後,南原市開始進行流行病學調查。
報道稱,相關機構在患者、環境樣本和一些定期送到學校的泡菜中,都檢測出諾如病毒。政府正在分析食材中的諾如病毒是否與患者身上出現的諾如病毒一致,分析結果需要至少等待2周。
Officials in Namwon City, in the south-west of the country, announced on Friday morning that there had been 996 confirmed cases – although local media reports say that number had climbed to 1,024 by early Saturday afternoon.Authorities said the popular fermented cabbage dish had been distributed to those now sick through school meals in the city.They added that students and staff from 24 schools were among the patients with vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pains.
諾如病毒具有很強的傳染性,可以透過接觸被汙染的表面(如馬桶沖水把手)或病毒感染者造成感染。
大多數人在幾天內康復,不需要住院治療,部分人則病情嚴重。
對於為事發學校提供泡菜的供貨公司,南原市政府暫停了其所有產品的生產、流通和銷售。韓媒稱,涉事公司也在主動召回已經售出的產品,目前政府暫未公佈該公司的名稱。

圖源:東方IC
Disaster and safety department had temporarily suspended the production and sale of any products from the company that made the kimchi – which is also in the process of voluntarily recalling products that have already been distributed. The firm that produced the kimchi has not yet been officially named.
《全北中央新聞》稱,由於此次事件,全北地區家長的不安感大幅增加。
今年5月,該地區全州市一所小學的132名學生和5名教職員工等出現了腹瀉、發熱、腹痛、嘔吐等疑似集體食物中毒症狀。當時流行病學調查結果顯示,從學生和烹飪人員身上檢測出了致病性大腸桿菌。
編輯:李雪晴
實習生:劉書瑞
來源:環球網 英國廣播公司等
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