Maharashtra Orders Sample Checks On All Syrups After WHO Alert: Report

A WHO report recently flagged that an India-made cough syrups exported to Gambia may be linked to the deaths of dozens of children there.

The drug regulator of Maharashtra has ordered sample checks on all oral liquid solutions in the state, asking for reports on the levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, CNBC TV18 reported on Thursday.

The regulator's direction comes a day after health authorities in Haryana said they had halted all production of Maiden Pharmaceuticals following a WHO report that its cough and cold syrups exported to Gambia may be linked to the deaths of dozens of children there.

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