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Salmonella Outbreak Hospitalizes Six in Pamplona Bar

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Six people went to hospital in Pamplona, Spain. They had gastroenteritis. This sickness makes your stomach hurt.

Doctors say the people had salmonella. Salmonella is a small germ. It can make people very sick.

The people ate food in a bar. The bar is in the Casco Viejo. This is the old part of Pamplona.

The people ate a food with egg in it. Doctors think the egg had the germ.

The six sick people went to the HUN hospital. HUN means Hospital Universitario de Navarra.

This was an outbreak. An outbreak is when many people get sick at the same time from the same thing.

Health workers are now looking at the bar. They want to know how the egg food had the germ.

Vocabulary15 words

gastroenteritis
a sickness in your stomach
salmonella
a small germ that makes people sick
Casco Viejo
the old part of a city
outbreak
when many people get sick at the same time
hospital
a place where sick people get help
germ
a very small thing that can make you sick
egg
a food from chickens
bar
a small place where people eat and drink
sick
not feeling well
admitted
to go into a hospital for care
health workers
people who check on sickness
food
things people eat
product
a thing made or sold
city
a big town
stomach
the part of your body where food goes

Quiz

1. Where did the sick people eat?
2. What food is linked to the sickness?
3. True or False: Six people went to hospital.

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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

Six people went to hospital in Pamplona, Spain. They had _____.

Doctors say the people had _____.

The people ate food in a _____.

The bar is in the _____. This is the old part of Pamplona.

The people ate a food with _____ in it.

The six sick people went to the _____ hospital.

This was an _____. Many people got sick at the same time.

Health workers are now looking at the _____.

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