Officials on Tuesday imposed a fine totaling more than VND26 million (US$1,111) on a restaurant in Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City, where methanol poisoning killed two people and seriously affected the health of six others last week. Mr Bao Buffet BBQ Hotpot Restaurant, located at 10A Tang Nhon Phu Street, was required to pay a fine for running food services without holding a certificate of eligibility for food safety and using raw materials of unknown origin, according to the food safety management board in the southern metropolis. Late on the evening of August 3, a group of eight people, including six employees of Mr Bao Buffet BBQ Hotpot Restaurant, threw a party at the restaurant. They ate food bought from outside and drank a can of five liters of alcohol available at the restaurant during the feast. On the afternoon of August 4, one of the six employees, aged 24, was found dead at a rented room in Thu Duc after showing signs of fatigue and cyanosis. Seven others … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City restaurant fined $1,111 in methanol poisoning case that killed two
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Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries
LONDON -- Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection in children have either run out in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Cameroon or are close to doing so, officials close to the roll-out told Reuters , after disruptions at drugmaker GSK. The World Health Organization estimates that up to 200,000 children die each year of the highly contagious infection, which is the leading cause globally of severe, dehydrating gastroenteritis in children under the age of five. Officials in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Cameroon had no immediate response to requests for comment from Reuters . GSK confirmed that there is a shortfall of around 4 million doses of its Rotarix vaccine this year, with a drop to 42 million from an expected 46 million. The British drugmaker had already cut its agreed deliveries by 10 million a year for the period 2022-2028, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, said. GSK acknowledged the fall in supply and said it was pursuing plans to address the … [Read more...] about Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries