Another group of pupils from a Eastern Cape school had to be rushed to hospital for treatment in two successive days after they mysteriously fell ill this week.
Now the school in Mqanduli is assembling "warriors of prayer" to accompany the pupils when they return to class.
Eastern Cape health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said about 70 pupils from Mancam Junior Secondary School were taken to Luthubeni Clinic and Zithulele Hospital after they went into a frenzy on Monday and Tuesday.
"Some were complaining of headaches‚ others had stomachaches and others said they were dizzy‚" he said. Mancam school deputy principal Zimasa Pantshwa said they had no explanation for what had happened.
The school‚ together with parents‚ had taken a decision to allow pupils at the school not to come to school on Wednesday.
She said they would only return to school on Thursday.
"They won't be returning alone.They will be come with people who are strong in prayer including priests and anyone in the community who really knows how to pray‚" added Pantshwa.
The incident at Mancam comes less than two weeks after a pupil died at Bhekisizwe Junior Secondary School and dozen others were rushed to hospital after they fell ill.
- Girl dies‚ scores more in hospital after mystery illness strikes Eastern Cape schoolA teenager has died in Mqanduli as scores of schoolgirls suffered hysterical attacks‚ apparently triggered by a mysterious illness on Thursday morning.
Postmortem results later showed that the victim‚ a 15-year-old Grade 8 pupil‚ had suffered blunt force trauma wounds to her head and chest although she had no visible injuries.
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