Panic in Nyíregyháza, masses get sick in the school
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On Tuesday afternoon, due to masses feeling sick, several children and adults were transported to the hospital from the József Eötvös Primary School and Grammar School, which belongs to the University of Nyíregyháza. A spokesman for the ambulance service said they took 12 children and 2 adults to the emergency department of the Nyíregyháza hospital for observation. They all complained about scratchy throats and a milder cough. Fortunately, no other symptoms appeared later in the hospital.
270 children in front of the school
Firefighters arrived at the scene with large units, but the disaster management unit did not register any signs of hazardous materials at the scene or inside the school building, a spokesman for the Szabolcs-Szatmár County Disaster Management Directorate told MTI. Szabolcs Online says that more than 270 children waited in front of the school while the police, firefighters, and ambulances investigated what caused the masses of people to get sick. Eyewitnesses said the area around the school looked completely chaotic during the afternoon, after the arrival of the firefighters and then during the investigation. Where, on a regular day, parents arriving for their children are parked, now police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, and special vehicles for disaster management were lined up.