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Indonesia to continue with free school meal programme despite food poisoning cases

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As at Sept 28, education watchdog the Network for Education Watch Indonesia (JPPI) recorded some 8,649 children had experienced poisoning.

As at Sept 28, education watchdog Network for Education Watch Indonesia recorded that some 8,649 children had experienced food poisoning.

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- Indonesia has insisted on keeping the free nutritious meals programme running and will only close problematic kitchens temporarily for investigation, despite the rising number of food poisoning cases among students.

Over the past few weeks,

more than a thousand students in various provinces have reportedly fallen ill

after consuming the free meals from President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free nutritious meal programme, with many hospitalised for severe nausea, seizures and loss of consciousness.

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