RIGA- An elementary school in western Latvia has been shut down and quarantined after more than 20 teachers suffered food poisoning on the first day of school.
The Baltic News Service reports that the teachers probably fell ill with salmonella after eating a cake to mark the first day of school. The elementary school, which is located in the western-Latvian town of Saldus, has been shut down until next Tuesday.
Though the exact number of teachers who fell ill is not yet known, BNS reports that the principal and about two dozen teachers suffered from the poisoning.
Several teachers are being treated in hospitals in Saldus and nearby Dobele. Representatives of the Dobele hospital in central Latvia said six to eight teachers from Saldus are being treated for fever and diarrhea at the hospital.
Test results confirming the exact cause of the sickness will be available after a few days.
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