The deaths of 12 children in northern India between December 2019 and January 2020, police allege, were caused by adulterated cough syrup made by drugmaker Digital Vision.
Indian authorities have launched an inquiry into an allegation that a local pharmaceutical regulator helped switch samples of cough syrups that the WHO had linked to the deaths of children in Gambia
The World Health Organization is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has linked to the deaths of more than 300 children.
The World Health Organization has called for "immediate and concerted action" to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year.
