No problem with vaccine: ministry
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April 7, 2010, Wednesday
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THE Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed that three children had fallen ill in connection to vaccines in Shanxi Province, but it denied the vaccines were a problem.
Among the 15 children named in media reports, two had reported adverse reactions caused by vaccines, but one had only a mild reaction, said Deng Haihua, the ministry's spokesperson, at a press conference in Beijing.
The effects of a vaccine could not be ruled out in connection with the illness of another child, he said.
"The causes of illness of the other 12 children were not related to vaccines," Deng said.
Under Chinese law, vaccine recipients can claim compensation for adverse reactions that have serious effects on their health.
On March 17, the Beijing-based China Economic Times, run by the Development Research Center of the State Council, reported almost 100 children had died or fallen ill in Shanxi after receiving vaccines supplied by Beijing Huawei Company, a contractor of the provincial health department.
The report cited Chen Tao'an, a whistleblower who worked with the Shanxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2007.
The report named 15 children among 78 who had received vaccines for encephalitis, hepatitis B, rabies and other illnesses at different times. Four children died in 2007 and 2008, and 74 were sickened, according to the report.
The ministry sent an investigation team to Shanxi from March 19 to April 1. They had examined the medical histories of the 15 children, interviewed 11 children reported to be sick and talked with relatives of the four dead children, Deng said.
The causes of death of the four children were not related to vaccines. One died of encephalitis, one died of epilepsy and the other two deaths were suspected to have been caused by encephalitis and central respiratory failure, he said.
The investigation team did not find problems with the vaccines supplied by Beijing Huawei Company, he said. The incidence of diseases targeted by the vaccines was no higher in Shanxi than the national level from 2006 to 2008, and nor was the incidence of adverse reactions, he said.
(Xinhua)
Among the 15 children named in media reports, two had reported adverse reactions caused by vaccines, but one had only a mild reaction, said Deng Haihua, the ministry's spokesperson, at a press conference in Beijing.
The effects of a vaccine could not be ruled out in connection with the illness of another child, he said.
"The causes of illness of the other 12 children were not related to vaccines," Deng said.
Under Chinese law, vaccine recipients can claim compensation for adverse reactions that have serious effects on their health.
On March 17, the Beijing-based China Economic Times, run by the Development Research Center of the State Council, reported almost 100 children had died or fallen ill in Shanxi after receiving vaccines supplied by Beijing Huawei Company, a contractor of the provincial health department.
The report cited Chen Tao'an, a whistleblower who worked with the Shanxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2007.
The report named 15 children among 78 who had received vaccines for encephalitis, hepatitis B, rabies and other illnesses at different times. Four children died in 2007 and 2008, and 74 were sickened, according to the report.
The ministry sent an investigation team to Shanxi from March 19 to April 1. They had examined the medical histories of the 15 children, interviewed 11 children reported to be sick and talked with relatives of the four dead children, Deng said.
The causes of death of the four children were not related to vaccines. One died of encephalitis, one died of epilepsy and the other two deaths were suspected to have been caused by encephalitis and central respiratory failure, he said.
The investigation team did not find problems with the vaccines supplied by Beijing Huawei Company, he said. The incidence of diseases targeted by the vaccines was no higher in Shanxi than the national level from 2006 to 2008, and nor was the incidence of adverse reactions, he said.
(Xinhua)
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