New Delhi: Even as the death toll from toxic cough syrup rose to 22, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) informed the World health Organisation (WHO) that none of the three cough syrups -- Coldrif, Respifresh TR, and ReLife -- were exported from India.

This comes as the UN health agency on Wednesday sought answers from the Indian authorities over the export of Coldrif in view of several deaths among young children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due to acute renal failure and acute encephalitis syndrome.

The WHO wanted to ascertain whether the cough syrups allegedly linked to children’s deaths were exported to other countries.

The WHO noted that CDSCO informed that “Diethylene Glycol (DEG) had been detected in at least three oral syrup medicines. These medicines we

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