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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Death toll from toxic cough syrup in India rises to 20 children as WHO demands answers

The WHO has asked India for urgent reassurances after at least 20 children died from contaminated cough syrup.

The deaths have all taken place in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, and were confirmed by the deputy chief minister Rajendra Shukla on Tuesday after he visited a hospital treating the children. “Two of them died in the past 24 hours,” he said.

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