Of the more than 100 children in Bulgan soum of Khovd province who fell ill after eating lunch at school, 26 are still being treated in hospital. One child is in serious condition.

According to the Vice director of the General Emergency Authority, D.Namsrai, who is leading a working group established by the order of State Emergency Commission, 3^rd-5^th grade students were the ones affected. Most of them had symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea and high fever. Specialized doctors were sent from UB and the children are expected to recover soon. The children were given pies. The symptoms started after about 10 minutes of eating pies. They were made in the soum and samples are being tested.

The soum hospital worked well even though there were few nurses and doctors.