202 detained over vaccine scandal
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A TOTAL of 202 people have been detained in connection with a scandal over an illegal black market vaccine ring, the Chinese government said yesterday, as it vowed to improve supervision of the market.
It said that 357 officials implicated in cases concerning the illegal sale of improperly stored vaccines would be penalized.
Punishments will include loss of jobs or demotions, according to a decision made at a State Council executive meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.
In March, the government announced an investigation into improper vaccine trading.
“These vaccine cases impacted many regions ... and exposed prominent problems such as inadequate quality supervision and management, delayed discovery and punishment, official nonfeasance and an immature risk management mechanism,” said a statement released after the State Council meeting.
Risk evaluations involving people having used the vaccines must be conducted as soon as possible, it said.
“Our country’s vaccine system is generally reliable, but any loopholes must be fixed,” the statement said, calling for stepped-up efforts to improve supervision for the food and drug industries.
The meeting also approved a decision to amend a rule on the management of vaccine circulation and use, stipulating that drug wholesalers will be banned from selling them directly.
Currently, A-class vaccines covered by the national compulsory immunization program are procured by county-level disease control institutes from manufacturers and dispatched to hospitals, all this under the organization of provincial-level disease control organs.
B-class vaccines will also have to be procured this way, according to the decision.
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