Over 160 people from a single town in northern Jordan were hospitalized on Saturday for poisoning, which health officials attributed to either bad food or contaminated water. It was the third such case in four months.
The number of people hit by food poisoning in Jordan after eating hummus -- ground chickpeas -- from a restaurant in Jerash south of the capital rose Saturday to nearly 300, the health minister said.
An outbreak of fever and diarrhoea initially blamed in food poisoning has hit hundreds of Jordanians, as official toll estimated the number of people suffering from the symptoms at around 300, all from Sakeb village in the northern Jerash Governorate, reported Jordan Times.
Over 160 people from a single town in northern Jordan were hospitalized on Saturday for poisoning, which health officials attributed to either bad food or contaminated water.
AMMAN, Jordan Over 160 people from a single town in northern Jordan were hospitalized on Saturday for poisoning, which health officials attributed to either bad food or contaminated water. It was the third such case in four months.
AMMAN, Oct 27 - Arab Bank Group, Jordan's biggest lender, said on Saturday it posted a 15.6 percent rise in net profit to $572 million for the first nine months of 2007 compared to last year as it tapped more lending projects.
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More than 200 people were treated for food poisoning in Jordan after eating hummus from a restaurant in Jerash.