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8 arrested over fake rabies vaccine scandal
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September 27, 2010, Monday
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EIGHT people have been arrested in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for allegedly producing or selling fake rabies vaccinations that caused the death of a child and placed more than 1,000 other people at risk, local drug authorities said yesterday.
"They will be prosecuted over the fake rabies vaccines in Laibin City," Guangxi's regional drug administration said in a statement.
The statement, which did not name the suspects, said the authorities discovered 1,263 fake rabies shots in a two-month period from January. Some 1,214 of the shots had already been used.
The fake shots, found in 13 village hospitals and 20 privately run clinics in Xinbin District, Laibin City, were reportedly produced by an underground workshop and sold for about 330,000 yuan (US$48,530).
The vaccine scandal was uncovered in December last year, after the death of four-year-old Ye Xiaojian. Ye died three weeks after he was bitten by a dog in his home village in Xinbin District.
Ye's father, Ye Xiangan, said the child received six rabies vaccinations for 700 yuan at the village clinic. "He had a high fever and couldn't eat or drink afterwards," said Ye.
Local authorities said the boy was the only confirmed victim of the fake shots. By June, health workers had located all the patients who received the vaccines and given them a standard shot.
"They will be prosecuted over the fake rabies vaccines in Laibin City," Guangxi's regional drug administration said in a statement.
The statement, which did not name the suspects, said the authorities discovered 1,263 fake rabies shots in a two-month period from January. Some 1,214 of the shots had already been used.
The fake shots, found in 13 village hospitals and 20 privately run clinics in Xinbin District, Laibin City, were reportedly produced by an underground workshop and sold for about 330,000 yuan (US$48,530).
The vaccine scandal was uncovered in December last year, after the death of four-year-old Ye Xiaojian. Ye died three weeks after he was bitten by a dog in his home village in Xinbin District.
Ye's father, Ye Xiangan, said the child received six rabies vaccinations for 700 yuan at the village clinic. "He had a high fever and couldn't eat or drink afterwards," said Ye.
Local authorities said the boy was the only confirmed victim of the fake shots. By June, health workers had located all the patients who received the vaccines and given them a standard shot.
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