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Reply to Marion Biotech: 18 children dead in Uzbekistan after consuming India-made syrup, ministry says | CNN by kuasha7

At least 18 children have died in Uzbekistan after consuming a medicinal syrup manufactured by Indian drugmaker Marion Biotech, according to the Uzbek Health Ministry.

The ministry said 18 out of 21 children who took the Doc-1 Max syrup while suffering from an acute respiratory disease died after consuming it. It is marketed on the company’s website as a treatment for cold and flu symptoms.

A batch of the syrup contained ethylene glycol, which the ministry said was a toxic substance. The syrup was imported into Uzbekistan by Quramax Medical, the ministry said in its statement released Tuesday.

It also said the syrup was given to children at home without a doctor’s prescription, either by their parents or on the advice of pharmacists, with doses that exceeded the standard dose for children.

It was not immediately clear whether all or any of the children had consumed the suspect batch or had consumed more than the standard dose, or both.

Marion Biotech, Quramax Medical and India’s Health Ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request seeking comment. An Indian government source told Reuters the Health Ministry was looking into the matter.

India had on Tuesday launched an inspection of some drug factories across the country to ensure high quality standards.

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Reply to One person killed and a dozen missing after Jersey flat explosion by safetyscotchegg

At least one person has died after an explosion in a block of flats in St Helier, Jersey police have said.

About 12 people are believed to be missing, with two “walking wounded” being treated at the hospital.

Emergency services arrived at the scene at Haut du Mont, Pier Road, in the capital in the early hours of Saturday.

Robin Smith, the chief officer of the States of Jersey police, said firefighters had been called to the area the night before after residents reported smelling gas.

He said the scene of the blast was “devastating”, and that there could be more deaths.

“We have a three-storey building that has completely collapsed – described from a demolition point of view as a pancake that has dropped almost straight down,” he said.

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Reply to American woman lost at sea in Mexico is confirmed dead, university says by maxxspeed

Relatives of the Arizona couple said Kim’s body was found Sunday afternoon by a local fishing boat near Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, family friend Lisa Aumack told The Washington Post.

Earlier on Sunday, Mexican authorities in Sonora state said they had found a body matching the description of the couple, who were reported missing on Thanksgiving, but they did not confirm it was Kim’s body.

Allen, a real estate agent, and Kim, the executive director of the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, went to Mexico for the holiday weekend with their teenage daughter, Aumack said.

About 1 p.m. Thursday, they headed out for sea kayaking at a beach in Puerto Peñasco, a Gulf of California resort city also known as Rocky Point.

“Very strong winds came up,” according to the verified GoFundMe page that Aumack created to aid the search effort. Allen brought his daughter back to shore — it is unclear whether he rowed her back or swam with her — then went back to help his wife.

That was the last time anyone saw Allen or Kim, Aumack said. Their daughter is still in Rocky Point, Aumack said.

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