Kerala: Over 140 Wayanad school students fall ill in three days, 38 taken to hospital
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More than 140 students of a school in Kerala’s Wayanad district fell ill in the last three days, PTI reported.
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It was unclear what caused the illness. The health department has collected food samples for testing.
Thirty-eight of them have been taken to hospital after showing continued discomfort, the news agency quoted an unidentified official as saying. They are being treated for fever and vomiting.
All patients were in stable condition, Onmanorama reported.
A special ward has been set up at the taluk hospital, Mathrubhumi reported.
The children are students of an aided upper primary school at Koliyadi.
The news agency quoted the district medical officer as saying that there was no need for panic and that a week-long holiday had been announced for the school as a precautionary measure.
Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.
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