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100 students fall ill in Wayanad school: Why has it been shut for a week?

100 students fall ill in Wayanad school: Why has it been shut for a week?

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Around 100 students at St Joseph’s Higher Secondary School in Wayanad fell ill, prompting the school to be shut for a week. Following the complaints, a health department team inspected the premises and found that the water tank and well on the site had not been disinfected.

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    Wayanad: A school in Kalpetta in Keralam's Wayanad has been ordered to remain closed for a week after around 100 students reported fever and vomiting and sought treatment at various hospitals, health officials have said. Following the complaints, a health department team inspected St Joseph's Higher…

    — Deccan Herald

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    Following the complaints, a health department team inspected St Joseph's Higher Secondary School here and found that the water tank and well on the premises had not been disinfected

    — Deccan Chronicle

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A Wayanad school has been shut for a week after around 100 students reported fever and vomiting. Health officials found that its well and drinking-water tanks had not been properly disinfected.

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100 students fall ill in Wayanad school: Why has it been shut for a week?

A Wayanad school has been shut for a week after around 100 students reported fever and vomiting. Health officials found that its well and drinking-water tanks had not been properly disinfected.

Deccan Herald Center-Left The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

Wayanad school closed for a week after around 100 students fall ill

Wayanad: A school in Kalpetta in Keralam's Wayanad has been ordered to remain closed for a week after around 100 students reported fever and vomiting and sought treatment at various hospitals, health officials have said. Following the complaints, a health department team inspected St Joseph's Higher…

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