Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — A criminal case has been opened in Tashkent following the hospitalisation of 20 children and accompanying adults who arrived from Kazakhstan to take part in a football tournament, according to materials concerning the incident.
The case was initiated by the Chilanzar District Prosecutor’s Office under Article 276¹³ of Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code, which provides for liability for violations of sanitary legislation or rules on epidemic control.
According to the Ministry of Health, the group had breakfast at a hotel in Tashkent on 1 November. The menu included undercooked eggs and sausages. Later that day, 13 people developed vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever.
Those affected were taken by ambulance to the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Centre of Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.
Initial investigative actions are currently being carried out by the investigation unit of the Chilanzar District Department of Internal Affairs.
