Over 50 fall ill at China wedding

Beijing, May 7 (IANS) At least 56 people have been hospitalised for food poisoning after eating at a wedding banquet in China, officials said.

The victims suffered from diarrhoea, a day after the wedding ceremony was held in Jingning county in northwest Gansu province, Xinhua reported.

Later, 15 people were discharged from hospital, but 41 are still being treated, an official said.

The hotel in which the wedding banquet was held has suspended its operations, and health authorities have launched an investigation.