Updated 10:15 a.m. on 9/4:
The mystery illness that sent several Manhattan High School students home last week with vomiting and nausea symptoms continues to grow.
Reports indicate there have been more than 100 students and faculty who have fallen ill to these symptoms. The MHS cafeteria was inspected by the Kansas Department of Agriculture Wednesday. The inspector did not find anything that would suggest an illness is caused by the cafeteria, and it appears the virus was introduced to the school from the outside.
School officials began special cleaning procedures in the building Wednesday night.
The Riley County Health Department has reported it has received stool samples from some infected students and expects results from tests on those samples by next week.
Thursday morning, KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with USD 383 Director of Communications and School Safety Michele Jones:
Dawes also spoke with Heather Landsowne, Director of Communications for the Kansas Department of Agriculture Thursday morning:
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