Mexican officials have seized a shipment of fake Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine that was intended to be transported via a private aircraft to Honduras. According to a March 17 statement from the government, officials found about 5,775 fake doses of the Russian vaccine inside two ice chests that were aboard a private aircraft at the Campeche International Airport. Photos taken by government officials, who worked with armed forces, showed them stowed alongside soft drinks and sweets in the plane. The vials were seized by the government and kept cold while investigations were carried out to determine the source of the batch. An investigation between Russian and Mexican authorities will take place, and a number of Honduran citizens have been arrested, officials said. The Russian Direct Investment Fund, which financed the development of the vaccine, told Russian state-affiliated news outlets that “analysis of the photographs of the seized batch, including the design of containers and labels, suggests …