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China cracks fake COVID-19 vaccine crime ring, confiscates 3,000 doses, state media reports
Chinese police have arrested more than 80 people it said were making counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines, according to state media, as China raced to inoculate millions before the Lunar New Year holiday.
Key points:
- China has been racing to develop homegrown jabs
- Authorities have repeatedly assured the public of the safety of the state-owned vaccines
- China has charged thousands of people with crimes related to the pandemic
The crime ring had been putting saline water into vials and selling them as COVID-19 vaccines in an operation that according to Xinhua news agency had been running since last September.
Police swooped in on several locations across Beijing and multiple cities in the eastern provinces of Jiangsu and Shandong, seizing “more than…
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