Indonesia bans cough syrup and liquid medicine after 99 children die

  • Francis Mao
  • BBC News

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Indonesia says it has imposed a temporary ban on the sale and use of all types of syrup and liquid medicine

The deaths of nearly 100 children in Indonesia prompted the country to halt sales of all oral liquid medicine.

The decision comes just weeks following the cough syrup was linked to the deaths of nearly 70 children in The Gambia.

Indonesia said some syrups were found to contain ingredients linked to acute kidney injury, which has killed 99 children this year.

It is not clear whether this drug was imported or locally produced.

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