An official looks at bottles of the cough syrup after a raid by the Drug and Pharmaceuticals Department officials in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. All the kids were aged below five years, and renal failure was reportedly caused after taking cough syrups, including Coldrif, were prescribed by local doctors at private clinics. Five kids are recuperating at Government Medical College & Hospital in Nagpur.The deaths, first reported in late Aug, were largely concentrated in villages in Parasia tehsil of Chhindwara. The children initially showed symptoms of cold and mild fever, and were treated with cough syrups and routine medicines. On Saturday, ministry sources clarified that the six “samples that have been tested so far by CDSCO were not of the two suspected cough syrups, including Coldrif, that have been under scanner”.The analysis of the samples of Coldrif and other suspected cough syrup by MP drug authorities is still underway.