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HONG KONG - Three more children in Macau were found to have kidney stones after drinking milk tainted with melamine, the chemical which has sickened more than 50,000 children in China, the government said.
The latest diagnosis takes the total number of affected children in the former Portuguese enclave to seven, a government spokeswoman told AFP.
"Ultrasound tests have confirmed that two six-year-old girls and a 11-year-old boy have developed kidney stones," she said.
The spokeswoman said the two girls had drunk milk distributed to schools from mainland Chinese supplier Yili, one of the brands found to be contaminated with melamine.
The girls did not require treatment, but the boy was being hospitalised, she said.
China has said melamine-contaminated dairy products have sickened 53,000 children there and killed four.
Melamine, normally used to make plastics, was used in the dairy products to give them the appearance of having a higher protein content.
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