The poisoning was caused by eating a shawarma tainted in a restaurant near the capital, Amman, has announced this Wednesday the ministry of Health.

A child of five years died and 700 people were hospitalized in Jordan for food poisoning, after eating a shawarma tainted in a restaurant in Baqaa, near the capital city Amman, announced Wednesday the ministry of Health.

“A boy of 5 years died of fat poisoning”, in a restaurant in the Baqaa, said the ministry in a press release. A hundred people were hospitalized Tuesday morning after the poisoning, but this number has risen to 700 this Wednesday, according to the ministry.

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“Of laboratory tests carried out by specialized teams of the Office for the control of medicines and food products have shown bacteria in the meat”, what caused this massive intoxication, according to the press release. The restaurant owner has been arrested, according to local media.

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information sites jordanians have indicated that special offers for a shawarma at one jordanian dinar (about 1.2 euros) instead of 1.85 dinar are at the origin of the influx on the restaurant. A heat wave has hit Jordan in recent days, with temperatures of above 40 degrees Celsius in Amman.