Dozens of schoolgirls in Kenya have been hospitalised with a mystery paralysing ‘illness’.
Concerned health officials in the African nation have launched a probe to discover the cause of the bizarre outbreak, warning it could have ‘disastrous’ consequences should it happen to be infectious.
Local media reports 95 students were suddenly struck down at an all-girls school in Musoli, a town 232 miles (374km) north west of Nairobi.
Alarming footage circulating online — claiming to be of the crisis — shows pupils at the school struggling to walk, being carried by friends and shaking uncontrollably.
Bed-bound kids are also seen convulsing in what appears to be a hospital.
Doctors are currently baffled as to what triggered the sudden outbreak. Samples of blood and urine from girls struck down have been sent to labs.
However, some experts have cast doubt on the illness, suggesting it may be a case of ‘mass hysteria’.
Education bosses have also, according to local news outlets, said there are fears ‘the majority are feigning their sickness’ with end of year exams only weeks away.
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