Overview
- The Consejería de Sanidad declared the outbreak on June 16 after roughly 90 students and teachers at Colegio Estudio Conde Orgaz developed gastrointestinal symptoms and none required hospital admission.
- Investigators inspected the school kitchen and took samples of the food served on Monday, June 15, which health officials say could be the likely exposure that triggered the cluster.
- Local pediatricians were asked to collect coprocultures from symptomatic children so laboratories can confirm Salmonella and link cases to any contaminated food; test results are still pending.
- An official information note was sent to the school for distribution to families and public-health protocols for surveillance and communication remain active in the Hortaleza/Piovera area.
- Salmonellosis typically produces diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain within 6 to 72 hours after exposure and usually resolves in a few days, which helps explain the absence of serious cases so far and guides the current response.