Earlier reports indicated that four learners were still hospitalised, but three have since been discharged.
The affected learners, from Rapelego Primary School in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, were hospitalised on Monday after consuming chocolate sold by a Grade 7 learner. The chocolate was allegedly past its expiration date. Department spokesperson Steve Mabona says, “The chocolates were taken by health officials to conduct necessary tests and they should be in a position to then share with all relevant authorities including parents on the results of the chocolates. But we have dispatched our psycho-support team to go to the school especially tomorrow – now that most of them have been discharged – in the event that they come to school and they need to be supported.
The Education Department is working with the Department of Health and outbreak teams to educate learners and teachers on food safety. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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