BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday a third infant had died after drinking contaminated milk and the number sick had leapt to many thousands, while an official said the health threat was concealed for at least a month.
The number of children ill after drinking powdered milk laced with the compound melamine had risen nearly five-fold to 6,244, and those with "acute kidney failure" had reached 158, Health Minister Chen Zhu told a news conference.
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