HOHHOT, Dec. 25 (Chinese media) -- Sixty-five pupils and a
teacher at a primary school have fallen ill due to carbon-monoxide poisoning in
north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and 19 pupils remained
hospitalized as of Thursday.
All of the victims are in stable condition, despite
symptoms of headache, dizziness and nausea, said a spokesman with the disease
control center in Hohhot, capital of the autonomous region.
The pupils and the teacher of Niuchang Primary School
in Hohhot's Yuquan District reported feeling dizzy after waking up early
Wednesday morning. They were sent to different hospitals.
As of late Thursday afternoon, 47 had been discharged
from hospital.
An initial investigation by the disease control
center indicated that smoke leaked into the dorms from the boiler room. The
boiler was supplying heat to the dorms.
Earlier this month, 11 students died of
carbon-monoxide poisoning when they used a charcoal stove to warm themselves in
a middle school in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
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