9 people dead and 78 others hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on Zanzibar's Pemba Island

Cerca de diez muertos y un centenar de intoxicados por ingerir carne de tortuga en Tanzania

Al menos nueve personas han fallecido, en su mayoría menores de edad, y cerca de un centenar se ha intoxicado tras ingerir carne de tortuga marina en la región de Zanzíbar, en el noroeste de Tanzania, donde este tipo de comida es considerada como un manjar pero puede provocar intoxicaciones. De acuerdo con las autoridades locales, el incidente se produjo a comienzos de la semana pasada. Todos los fallecidos son menores de diez años, a excepción …

Eight children and a woman die after eating sea turtle meat

78 people have also been hospitalised as a result of turtle meat consumption(Picture: Getty) A group of tourists have died after eating a rare delicacy whilst on holiday in Zanzibar. Eight children and a woman were killed after they tucked into sea turtle meat. The delicacy is known to cause chelonitoxism, a type of food poisoning. The tourists were on Pemba Island, which is part of the Zanzibar Archipelago. A further 78 people were hospitalis…

Otto bambini e un adulto morti per chelotossismo dopo aver mangiato carne di tartaruga marina

Eight children and an adult died after eating sea turtle meat. This happened on the island of Pemba in the Zanzibar archipelago. According to local media, 86 people were taken to the hospital and, after the children, a woman is said to have died, one of them being their mother. The news is spreading around the world. According to the exams carried out by Haji Bakari Haji, doctor of Mkoani district cited by Xinhua agency, the children ate sea tur…

Another 78 people have been hospitalized. In Zanzibar, sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy, but cases of poisoning often occur.

Another seventy-eight people were taken to hospital, suffering from chelonitoxism, severe food poisoning.