近日，韩国全北特别自治道南原市发生疑似食物中毒事件，涉及多所学校，出现了超过1000名疑似食物中毒的患者，而感染的源头可能是受诺如病毒污染的泡菜。

About 1,000 people in South Korea are suffering from food poisoning linked to kimchi contaminated with norovirus.

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据韩联社报道，2日上午南原市有15所学校发生疑似食物中毒事件，患者最初为160多人，包括学生及教职工在内的患者出现呕吐、发热、腹泻、腹痛等症状。

随后，在短短数天时间里，患者增加了近1000人，涉及的学校数量也从15所扩大到24所。



南原市市长（左一）向患病群众表示政府正试图阻止病毒传播 图源：BBC

南原市地方政府5日上午称，该市已确认有996例病例。但据当地媒体的报道称，截至6日下午，这一数字已上升至1024例。事件发生后，南原市开始进行流行病学调查。

报道称，相关机构在患者、环境样本和一些定期送到学校的泡菜中，都检测出诺如病毒。政府正在分析食材中的诺如病毒是否与患者身上出现的诺如病毒一致，分析结果需要至少等待2周。

Officials in Namwon City, in the south-west of the country, announced on Friday morning that there had been 996 confirmed cases - although local media reports say that number had climbed to 1,024 by early Saturday afternoon.

Authorities said the popular fermented cabbage dish had been distributed to those now sick through school meals in the city.

They added that students and staff from 24 schools were among the patients with vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pains.

诺如病毒具有很强的传染性，可以通过接触被污染的表面(如马桶冲水把手)或病毒感染者造成感染。

大多数人在几天内康复，不需要住院治疗，部分人则病情严重。

对于为事发学校提供泡菜的供货公司，南原市政府暂停了其所有产品的生产、流通和销售。韩媒称，涉事公司也在主动召回已经售出的产品，目前政府暂未公布该公司的名称。



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Disaster and safety department had temporarily suspended the production and sale of any products from the company that made the kimchi - which is also in the process of voluntarily recalling products that have already been distributed. The firm that produced the kimchi has not yet been officially named.

《全北中央新闻》称，由于此次事件，全北地区家长的不安感大幅增加。

今年5月，该地区全州市一所小学的132名学生和5名教职员工等出现了腹泻、发热、腹痛、呕吐等疑似集体食物中毒症状。当时流行病学调查结果显示，从学生和烹饪人员身上检测出了致病性大肠杆菌。