Chinese parents hold a rare public protest against the fear of a vaccine

Video clips of the daring demonstration in front of the ministry were widely aired on Twitter and other social media on Monday, showing protesters waving banners urging accountability and justice in the latter case.

"Legislation for vaccines is imperative! Manipulate it properly and responsibly!" They screamed in the images

Social media reported that the protest had taken place Monday, but the AFP has not been able to independently confirm it.

The fate of the demonstrators, whose banners called them parents, was unknown. An AFP reporter who arrived later on found no one.

Chinese security personnel react quickly to silence public expressions of dissent, often holding people back

. A few days ago, Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology, a leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, manufactured the records and stopped producing rabies vaccines.

The government stated that the suspect vaccine had not been introduced to the market. tired of recurring security scandals.

Protesters' banners carried the titles "Vaccines?" While information about the vaccine scandal has emerged over the past two weeks, parents have expressed anger online, prompting the ruling Communist Party's critics to rush into the problem. 19659003] Anger was exacerbated by the further revelation that Changsheng's vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus (DPT) had also failed to meet quality standards, but that 250,000 doses were still sold at the same time. last year.

The national authorities promised a thorough cleaning of the pharmaceutical sector.

Changchun City police in the northeastern part of the country, where Changsheng is located, said that 15 people, including the president of the company, had been detained for unspecified crimes.

China is regularly hit by scandals involving food, drugs or other dangerous products, despite repeated official promises to root out

Vaccines in particular have been hit by repeated alarms , touching an extremely sensitive public painful point because of the potential impact on children.

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