Health security

Hundreds of suspects involving illegal sales of vaccines revealed

A medical worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Hami prefecture in Northwest China'sXinjiang Uygur autonomous region in an undated photo. [Cai Zengle / for China Daily]

The Shandong food and drug watchdog issued a public notice Saturday evening onhundreds of clues and identities linking 300 suspects to illegal deals of vaccine sales in 24provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.

Police have busted 21 cases in Inner Mongolia, Henan, Hebei and Shandong and arrested six suspects for the sales of problematic vaccines.