"It starts with a stomach ache, then a fever": the first symptoms of botulism poisoning.

Here are the first symptoms: a stomach ache, then a fever. A guide to avoiding botulism. Here's what Laura Rossi, director of Nutrition at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, says.

One person has died in Sardinia, two in Calabria, and six others are in intensive care due to bacterial poisoning. An investigation is underway into the owner of the food truck that sold the contaminated sandwiches, as well as the doctors who treated the deceased.