Moscow, Sep 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sixty-three children were hospitalised in the Ukraine when they fell ill after eating lunch in their school cafeteria, officials said Sunday.

The children became ill Friday after eating poorly prepared macaroni with meat and eggs for lunch at a school in Yevpatoria city on the Black Sea coast, the Ukrainian emergencies ministry said in a statement.

In all, 167 children had eaten lunch in the school cafeteria.

–IANS/RIA Novosti

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