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Cianjur declares health emergency after 78 students suffer food poisoning
The Cianjur Health Agency has declared a health emergency after 78 students from two schools in the regency suffered food poisoning. The students showed symptoms after meals from the government-run free nutritious meal program.
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Staff prepare lunch plates on the first day of the free nutritious meal program at a kitchen in Bogor, West Java, on Jan. 6, 2025. The government aims to feed around 83 million schoolchildren and pregnant women through the free meals rollout, which was one of President Prabowo Subianto's key promises during the 2024 presidential election. (AFP/Aditya Aji)
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he Cianjur Health Agency in West Java has declared an extraordinary occurrence (KLB) following a mass food poisoning case involving 78 students on Monday.
The victims, 55 from MAN 1 Cianjur Islamic senior high school and 23 from SMP PGRI 1 Cianjur junior high school, reportedly showed symptoms after consuming meals from the government-run free nutritious meal program.
Cianjur Health Agency head Yusman Faisal said the KLB status enabled centralized and coordinated handling of the incident.
“Our medical team is conducting a thorough assessment of the cause and all parties involved,” Yusman said on Tuesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
He said all patients would receive comprehensive care until full recovery. Health workers at community health centers (Puskesmas) have also been instructed to collect data and monitor all students who ate the meals in coordination with the schools.
Samples from the kitchen and vomit of victims have been sent to the West Java Health Laboratory for testing.
Results are expected within one week, following an expedited request.
