Fifty pupils from a Giyani primary school have been hospitalised following a suspected food poisoning incident, Paralel.Az reports citing SABC News.

The Limpopo Department of Health Spokesperson, Neil Shikwambana, confirmed to SABC News that 50 pupils from Dzumeri Primary School have been hospitalised due to a suspected foodborne illness.

“The report that we have for our medical team is that all learners look stable; they are being seen by the doctors and all our medical staff at the causality of the Nkhensani Hospital in the greater Giyani area,” he said.

Shikwambana said that after the treating team interviewed the pupils and teachers, it was revealed that the food the pupils ate in common was the meal (pap and milk) they received from the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP).

“It is suspected that it came out of that, but we’re not sure as of now because there needs to be tests that will be run, but that’s the information we got,” the spokesperson said.

39 pupils were initially admitted with complaints of abdominal pains and vomiting before a further 11 pupils were admitted to the hospital.