Dozens of people were arrested after Chinese police launched a crackdown on the manufacture and sale of fake Covid-19 vaccines. The authorities say the illicit trade has been going on for months.
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Police targeted criminal groups in Beijing, as well as in the eastern provinces of Jiangsu and Shandong, resulting in more than 80 arrests and the seizure of some 3,000 saline-filled syringes, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday. . The police were also able to identify several locations where counterfeit drugs were produced and sold, according to the report.
The operation is part of a broader effort by China’s Ministry of Public Security, which announced it was actively eradicating “The illegal practice of medicine and fraud under the guise of vaccines”.
The crime gang was doing “Huge profits” selling syringes filled with saline at exorbitant prices.
China approved jabs developed by Sinovac and Sinopharm for their nationwide vaccination campaign against Covid-19, which started in early January.
It is estimated that 24 million doses have been administered so far. China hopes to give the drug to 50 million people before the start of the Lunar New Year holiday later this month.
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