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Indonesia's health ministry and health experts say there are no links between a spike in acute kidney injury cases in the country and Covid-19 vaccinations, as has been claimed by multiple social media posts. The health ministry attributed the acute injury cases, which have killed more than 150 children since September 2022, to harmful substances found in medicinal syrups.
Authorities are investigating to determine if the manufacturers used industrial-grade instead of pharmaceutical-grade compounds.
Child deaths with suspected links to cough and other medicinal syrups have left many parents deeply distressed.
The government has halted sales of five cough, fever syrups.
The deaths of nearly 100 children in Indonesia have prompted the country to suspend sales of all syrup and liquid medication, the media reported.It comes just weeks after a cough syrup in The Gambia was linked to the deaths of nearly 70 ...