Eight youngsters and a girl have died after consuming sea turtle meat within the Zanzibar archipelago.
The authorities mentioned that 78 folks have been hospitalised after consuming the meal on Pemba Island. It is taken into account a delicacy in Zanzibar.
Eating contaminated sea turtles could cause chelonitoxism, a uncommon sort of meals poisoning that may be deadly. There isn’t any recognized antidote and solely supportive remedy may be supplied to sufferers.
Haji Bakari, Mkoani District medical officer, mentioned that laboratory exams present all these affected had eaten the turtle meat on Tuesday.
He added the grownup who died on Friday was the mom of one of many youngsters who died earlier within the week.
The authorities in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous area of Tanzania, despatched a catastrophe administration workforce led by Hamza Hassan Juma to the island. He urged folks to keep away from consuming the animals.
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In November 2021, a three-year-old little one and 6 others died on Pemba after consuming turtle meat. Three others have been hospitalised.
Symptoms of chelonitoxism range however embrace nausea, vomiting and ulceration within the throat and mouth.
In extreme instances, sufferers may be affected by muscular weak point, partial paralysis and agitation, with some falling right into a coma.
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