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They experienced symptoms such as stomach aches, nausea, diarrhoea and shortness of breath.
PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM SMK HKBP SIDIKALANG/FACEBOOK
JAKARTA – More than 200 students from two schools in Sidikalang district, Dairi regency, North Sumatra, have fallen ill after consuming food provided under the government’s free nutritious meal programme, the latest in a series of food poisoning incidents linked to the initiative.
On Feb 10, 159 students from SMK HKBP Sidikalang Vocational School were hospitalised after experiencing stomach aches, nausea, diarrhoea and shortness of breath hours after eating the government-provided lunch, school officials said.
