(UPDATE 14:37) Two children died and three other persons, among whom a minor were hospitalized after they got poisoned by an unknown substance.

According to Andrei Ciobanu, the president of Cantemir district, the persons were poisoned by fungicides.

Five members of a family from Flocoasa village, Cantemir district required medical care, after they got poisoned by a toxic substance.

Within a press release of the Emergency Medical Service, two women and three children aged of 4, 8 and 11 showed symptoms of vomiting, nausea and dizziness.

"Two teams of emergency doctors came at the place of the incident. The patients received the required medical care and then, they were transported to the Cantemir District Hospital", it was written in the press release of the institution.