Whistleblower claims vaccines stored wrong

TAIYUAN - Family members of children who received a vaccine and then died or became ill want "sincere communication" with Shanxi provincial authorities, following the local government's announcement on Monday that an investigation has begun.

"I have never been contacted or interviewed by health officials or officials with the ongoing investigation until now," Yi Wenlong told China Daily on Tuesday. Yi is the father of 16-year-old Ling Ling, who has been diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after receiving shots for epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis in December 2006.

"Although I'm dissatisfied with the latest government response, I'm still longing for communication with officials to find the real cause behind my daughter's illness," said Yi, a former merchant from Hongtong county of Linfen city.