130 fall ill just hours after schools reopen


PASIR GUDANG: It was supposed to have been the first day for the 111 schools in Pasir Gudang after they had to close due to pollution last week but barely three hours after classes started, students and teachers experienced breathing difficulties and nausea.

Some 130 people, including three teachers, from 15 schools were down with dizzy spells and had to seek treatment.

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