UP: 28 children fall ill after consuming anti-filaria medicine in primary school in Amethi
Amethi (UP) (PTI): Twenty-eight children have fallen ill after consuming medicine meant to treat filariasis in a government primary school in Udwa here, officials said.
They have been admitted to the Community Health Center, where their condition was stated to be out of danger, they said.
On Tuesday, health workers gave anti-filaria and deworming tablets to children at the primary school after which 28 of them fell ill, Chief Medical Officer Dr Anshuman Singh said.
Singh said anti-filaria and deworming tablets can trigger symptoms like fever, pain in joints, swelling on the face. At present, everything is under control, he said.
Girish Kumar, principal of the primary school, said that children are being given medicines as part of a ongoing campaign to eradicate filariasis. Kumar said he received information that some children had fever and some had pain in their knees and legs this morning.
Health workers were immediately alerted after this and all children were taken to the Community Health Center in Fursatganj, he said.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
