Schools on alert after scandals

More cases of medicines being administered illegally to preschoolers in China are emerging, as the crisis of confidence in kindergarten managers expands.

The Ministry of Education and the National Health and Family Planning Commission issued a notice on Tuesday requiring that kindergartens and primary and middle schools follow certain regulations when they provide medicine to children and students collectively to prevent common diseases.

The notice said there are five conditions that the kindergartens and schools must meet before giving medicine to large numbers of children.