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July 12, 2002

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"Over 900 Ill After China Vaccine, Officials Nabbed"

Reuters (www.reuters.com) (07/12/02)

Almost 1,000 students between the ages of seven and 16 suffered fevers, nausea, vomiting, and, in a few instances, heart infections after receiving an encephalitis B vaccination in northeast China in late June, according to a Heilongjiang province city health official.  Of the 8,300 children who were vaccinated against the disease, over 900 have been hospitalized, the official said.  Initial tests found nothing wrong with the vaccine, she said, but samples are being sent to Beijing for further investigation.  As a result of the incident, Chinese authorities have arrested the director of the Mishan Epidemic Prevention Station and a deputy chief of the city Education Bureau and charged them with negligence.

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