Over 650,000 faulty vaccine doses recalled in China
Government says batches of the diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus vaccine were ineffective, but pose no harm to health, state media report
More than 650,000 doses of a vaccine regularly given to babies and young children have been recalled in China after they were found to be ineffective, state media reported.
The doses of the DPT vaccine have been withdrawn in Shandong and Hebei provinces, and Chongqing municipality.
The vaccine immunises against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus.
The National Institute for Food and Drug Control discovered the vaccines were not working properly during sample inspections.
Some of the vaccines had already been shipped and used before the recall, but the government said they were not harmful to health, Xinhua reported.