3,000 Fake Doses! China Cracks Fake COVID-19 Vaccine Ring

Chinese police have arrested more than 80 suspected members of a criminal group that was manufacturing and selling fake COVID-19 vaccines, including to other countries. And also confiscated over 3,000 fake doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as part of a campaign to combat vaccine-related crimes.

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The police operation was carried out in multiple places including Beijing and the eastern provinces of Jiangsu and Shandong, Xinhua said.

And the police broke up the group led by a suspect surnamed Kong that was producing the fake vaccines, which consisted of a simple saline solution, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

The suspects had been carrying out the ruse since at least September last year, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, adding that all fake doses had been tracked down.

“China has already reported the situation to the relevant countries,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a daily briefing Tuesday.

“The Chinese government highly values vaccine safety and will continue to take efforts to strictly prosecute any counterfeits, fake sales, and illegal business, and other related actions that involve vaccines,” Wang said. “At the same time, China will strengthen our law enforcement cooperation with the relevant countries, to earnestly prevent the spread of this type of illegal and criminal action.” 

He did not offer further details.

Source: Xinhua & Reuters

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