52 college students fall ill after meal at cafeteria


IPOH: A total of 52 students from the Gopeng Matriculation College suffered food poisoning after eating chicken at the cafeteria.

Perak Health Department director Datuk Dr Juita Ghazalie said some of the students started showing symptoms of vomiting, nausea, diarrhoea, dizziness, fever and abdominal pain early on Sunday.

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