200 students in Indonesia’s Surabaya fall ill after consuming free meals
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Preliminary suspicions pointed to a meat dish that was served to students.
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SURABAYA – Around 200 students from 12 kindergartens as well as elementary and junior high schools in Tembok Dukuh subdistrict in Surabaya, East Java, suffered symptoms of food poisoning after consuming state-provided free meals on May 11.
Most complained of dizziness, nausea and vomiting.