India makes tests mandatory for cough syrup export after overseas deaths

Syrups made by two Indian companies were linked to the deaths of 70 children in Gambia and 19 in Uzbekistan last year.

India will make tests mandatory for cough syrups before they are exported, a government notice showed on Tuesday, after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan.