SIMFEROPOL, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - The number of children hospitalized with food poisoning in Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea has risen to 144, local health authorities said on Friday.
Earlier 83 children were reported to have been struck with suspected food poisoning.
"One child is still in intensive care," a source said, adding that the children are expected to spend at least three days in hospital.
Hospital staff said that they expected the results of tests to be ready on Saturday.
On Wednesday, 59 children from the city of Dzhankoy were hospitalized with suspected food poisoning. A hospital spokesperson said that the three nurseries the children attended all received food from the same supplier.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has ordered an "immediate investigation" into the incident.
In July, 38 children were hospitalized with food poisoning after attending summer camps in eastern Ukraine.
