borkenaMarch 6,2019Food poison within the Ethiopian Air Force training academy killed one person and 270 others are in hospital due to similar case, Ethiopian local Amharic newspaper, The Ethiopian Reporter, reported on Wednesday. More than 260 were hospitalized at the Air Force hospital near Bishoftu (also known as Debre Zeit). Cause of the food poison is not yet established. Microbiologists from Pasteur Institute have been to the Ethiopian Air Force cadet’s lounge to take sample of the food that left one person dead and more than 260 people sick. On the other hand, advisor to Air Force Chief Commander, Colonel Bahsa Degefa, dismissed the news.
Source: Ethiopian News March 06, 2019 22:52 UTC