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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
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+ g; k# d2 w _7 R4 l7 H117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water# `. F0 ]; O& @0 S
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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 U4 M% j' j) p: s' D
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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.
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: Q( c; D0 g+ W. }1 o$ dSalovarov 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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8 r" y9 n, M9 K' H8 g) p5 v! SMany Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.4 p; t1 R% l. v% r3 |/ |% }
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The water is typically bottled for consumption later. Tap water in most of Russia is undrinkable. |
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