At least 14 people were arrested and an Indian private hospital was cordoned off by police amid an investigation into an alleged vaccination scam that may have affected thousands of people. “They were using saline water and injecting it,” said Vishal Thakur, a senior official of the Mumbai police department, according to CNN. He was referring to the alleged scam. Thakur added, “Every fake vaccination camp that they held, they were doing this.” In elaborating on the scope of the scam, he said that about 2,500 people received fake COVID-19 vaccines in 12 sites near Mumbai. Reports indicated that the organizers included medical professionals, and they charged between $10 and $17 per COVID-19 shot. “We have arrested doctors,” Thakur added to CNN. “They were using a hospital which was producing the fake certificates, vials, syringes.” Vishwas Nangre Patil, Mumbai’s joint commissioner of police, said in a news conference that more …
Thousands of People Given Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Filled With Salt Water in India: Officials
July 5, 2021
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