$88m vaccine sales case triggers probe

A thorough investigation into the alleged illegal reselling of vaccines has been ordered by the China Food and Drug Administration.

The probe comes amid a case involving vaccines worth more than 570 million yuan ($88 million) that are suspected to have been sold in at least 24 provincial areas.

Police in Shandong province have investigated the case in which a mother and her daughter - neither of them authorized to sell vaccines - are allegedly involved in illegal sales.