An urgent alert has been issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO) over cold and cough syrups produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, as they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in the Gambia.
The United Nations health agency have also warned that the contaminated medications could have been distributed outwith the West African country, so global exposure may well be possible.
The Guardian reports that WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the cough medicines in question "have been potentially linked with acute kidney injuries and 66 deaths among children.”
