One child died and more than 100 villagers fell ill in southwestern China after they took anti-malarial medicine, state media reported, in the latest product-safety scare.

They soon started complaining of exhaustion and nausea, and a child who suffered a headache after taking the drugs died earlier this week, the report late Wednesday quoted the provincial health department as saying.
A statement on the department's website confirmed the death, adding that one other person was in a serious condition in hospital but that 103 others were out of danger.
Health authorities were investigating why the drugs caused such a reaction.
China is regularly plagued by food and medicine-related product safety concerns.
In May, authorities fined two drug companies, including one authorised to make swine flu vaccines, for producing substandard rabies shots.
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Source-AFP