Police in Gambia on Saturday introduced they had been launching an investigation into the deaths of dozens of youngsters, amid rising concern over imported medicines.
Following the deaths of 66 kids, most from acute kidney failure, police mentioned in an announcement they had been placing senior officers on the investigation.
India is investigating cough syrups made by a neighborhood pharmaceutical firm after the World Well being Organisation mentioned they may very well be chargeable for the deaths.
President Adama Barrow authorised the well being authorities “to droop the license of the suspected… importer” concerned within the case, his workplace mentioned on Saturday night.
The international ministry was to speak “his authorities’s most profound concern” to the Indian embassy, it added.
Barrow on Friday promised to spice up well being measures together with higher high quality management over imported medicines.
He mentioned the federal government would depart “no stone unturned” to resolve the incident.
The WHO on Wednesday issued an alert over 4 cough and chilly syrups made by Maiden Prescription drugs in India over doable hyperlinks to the deaths.
Laboratory testing had discovered unacceptable ranges of probably life-threatening contaminants, the WHO mentioned, including that the merchandise might have been distributed past the West African nation.
Gambian well being authorities had on September 23 ordered a recall of all medicines containing paracetamol or promethazine syrup.
Barrow introduced a raft of measures to keep away from future tragedies, together with the creation of “a high quality management nationwide laboratory for medication and meals security”.
He additionally promised to replace the nation’s drugs-related legal guidelines to make sure regulation might stop any such incidents sooner or later.
He praised the work of the well being ministry in stopping additional deaths.
He mentioned the outbreak was “now below management, with solely two instances reported within the final two weeks”.