Beijing, June 25 (IANS) Seventy students fell ill after they had a meal at a primary school in south China, an official spokesman said.

The students suffered from fever, stomach aches and diarrhoea Wednesday after having food at Yingcai Primary School in Yulin City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xinhua quoted spokesman with the regional public security bureau Qin Yongjun as saying Thursday.