WHO flags ‘ongoing global treat’ due to contaminated cough syrups

The World Health Organization is investigating an ongoing global threat caused due to toxic cough syrups, the global body told Reuters on Friday.

In January, the WHO had named nine countries where contaminated cough syrups were on sale after the death of more than 300 infants across three continents had been linked to the medicines. Now, the WHO has added six more countries to the list where toxic cough syrups are suspected to be on sale