Revellers get nasty shock at Mt. beach

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Twenty-one people who were frolicking on the Mount Lavinia beach this evening were hospitalised after coming into contact with a poisonous variety of jelly fish that had been floating in the water.

Sources at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital said those who were admitted had complained of severe itching and had broken out in a rash which was extremely painful and they were undergoing treatment. Their condition however was not said to be life threatening.

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