Criminal case opened in Tashkent after hospitalization of children from Kazakhstan
AKIPRESS.COM – The Prosecutor’s Office of Chilanzar district in Tashkent has initiated a criminal case following the hospitalization of children, who had arrived from Kazakhstan to participate in a football tournament, along with their accompanying adults, Gazeta.uz reported, citing the Prosecutor General’s Office of Uzbekistan.
The case has been opened on sanitary violations. The preliminary investigation is conducted by the investigative department of the Chilanzar District Internal Affairs Directorate.
Young football players from Karaganda and the adults accompanying them, who had arrived in Tashkent for the Dostlik Cup 2026 international football competition, were hospitalized with signs of food poisoning.
On November 1, the children and their companions ate undercooked eggs and sausages for breakfast at a hotel in Tashkent, the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan said. 13 individuals started vomiting and had diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever.
Emergency medical services transported them to the Republican Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Center. Following initial medical care, the patients were transferred to City Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 5.
On November 2–3, seven additional people were admitted to the same hospital with similar symptoms. In total, 20 individuals have been hospitalized. They have received a preliminary diagnosis of “acute diarrhea.”
Two patients have already been discharged. The condition of the remaining 18 is described as stable and satisfactory. No patients are currently in intensive care. The Sanitary and Epidemiological Well-being and Public Health Committee has collected samples of the food that was consumed. Laboratory testing is ongoing, and the results will be announced at a later stage.
The Child Rights Ombudswoman of Uzbekistan stated that she is in direct, active communication with Commissioner for Children’s Rights of Kazakhstan Dinara Zakiyeva.
