A paracetamol product alleged to have been contaminated with the Machupo virus was never approved to be imported or marketed in the country, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Wednesday.
The ministry also added that there has been no report to date that links the Machupo virus with consumption of paracetamol.
The ministry issued the statement in response to a social media message alleging that a paracetamol product labelled P-500, manufactured by Apex Laboratories Private Limited, India can result in a Machupo virus infection. The ministry said the message had gone viral a few years ago, and is now once again in circulation.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin