Shenzhen: Seven children have now died in China since November following hepatitis B vaccination, raising questions of the effectiveness of the emergency response.
To date, 4 infants have died in south China's Guangdong Province after hepatitis B vaccinations with products made by Biokangtai, Shenzhen drug manufacturer, the Provincial Disease Control and Prevention Center said on December 23 Monday.
Autopsy results have not yet been released for the other three cases. Cause of the death can only be confirmed after autopsies which normally take 30 working days.
Two babies in neighboring Hunan Province and another in the southwestern province of Sichuan died in similar circumstances, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. |
