Ugandan police arrest unscrupulous doctors and health workers for selling and issuing fake Covid-19 vaccine shots to around 800 unsuspecting customers
Uganda has controlled the Covid-19 spread in recent weeks after the government enforced a strict lockdown.
Government officials said on Wednesday that the counterfeit jabs were administered over May and June during a deadly surge of the coronavirus in the East African nation, when new infections soared to record highs of about 1,700 cases per day. "Some unscrupulous individuals with intentions of making money, duped members of the public into a fake Covid-19 vaccine exercise," Dr Naamara told AFP.He said those conned into getting a fake vaccine — around 800 people — should not be alarmed as tests indicated the vials contained nothing dangerous.The scammers charged recipients between 80,000 and 500,000 Ugandan shillings for a fake shot, officials said.
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