A secondary school in Singapore is under investigation by the Ministry of Health (MOH) after over 200 students developed symptoms of food poisoning last week.
MOH was notified of the incident at CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) on Thursday (19 July) and are investigating the potential cause of the mass case of food poisoning.
The school’s principal said none of the affected students were hospitalised and most have returned to school as of 21 July.
“The school is monitoring the situation and working with the relevant government agencies to ascertain the cause of the symptoms,” said principal Karen Tay.
As a precautionary measure, Tay added that the classrooms of affected students and toilets at the school’s premises have been cleaned and disinfected.
MOH’s investigations are ongoing, reported Channel NewsAsia.
In April, a local secondary boarding school saw 110 of its students fall ill with food poisoning. The boarding school program was a part of a four-week itinerary for the secondary 2 cohort.
The program was immediately suspended after students were reported to be ill with stomach aches and diarrhoea. Similarly, the principal shared that the cases were fairly mild with majority of students back in school the following Monday.
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