China cracks down on illegal vaccines production
- 15 Feb 2021
Gulf Today Report
China has arrested dozens for the production and distribution of fake coronavirus vaccines, said a news agency on Monday.
At least 70 suspects have been arrested in 21 vaccine-related cases.
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One group of suspects made a profit of about 18 million yuan ($2.8 million) by packaging saline solution or mineral water in 58,000 doses of spurious vaccines.
The fake vaccines were sold at high prices, it was included in emergency inoculation schemes at hospitals or smuggled abroad.
China's Supreme People's Procuratorate urged regional agencies to cooperate with police in swift and unwavering action to curb such activities, the agency said.
