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莫斯科基督徒喝圣水,117人(包括48名孩子)肚子痛入院治疗5 E1 q* m) b# ^1 y: E
1 A. M6 `5 e* ^117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
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/ l9 p9 i/ n3 w0 ]( B8 c$ }MOSCOW – More than 100 Russian Orthodox believers have been hospitalized after drinking holy water during Epiphany celebrations in the eastern city of Irkutsk, an official said Monday., o4 @3 p% `7 C" o$ K2 Q2 T
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A total of 117 people, including 48 children, were in the hospital complaining of acute intestinal pain after drinking water from wells in and around a local church last week, said Vladimir Salovarov, a spokesman for the Irkutsk Investigative Committee., i1 S( k& s- g5 j
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Salovarov said 204 people required some medical treatment after consuming the water, the source of which was a stagnant lake. He said, however, that it was too early to say what caused the illness.
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& M m6 `2 L- c* PMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.2 O* ^3 J) T a T3 u6 q0 ]$ _
9 d# R1 ]0 \, k) FThe water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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