(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 12 - He would have offered online, for about 33 euros, a "kit to get infected" with Covid and then be able to obtain, once recovered, the green pass without having to vaccinate. The Dutch media report them citing the police.
The man who was arrested, and then released pending the conclusion of the investigation, allegedly put up for sale on the Internet vials containing the alleged coronavirus, the anti-fraud department of the Dutch finance ministry (Fiod) said, according to reports from De Telegraaf. .
The proposed kit, in addition to a vial promised to contain the virus, 'including its variants', also included a home test for Covid.
A spokesman for Fiod told the Dutch press agency NPC that the suspect had been released in the meantime: "Further investigations are needed to see if he actually managed to sell something" but if the case were established it would be "a reprehensible threat to public health" .
The site, where the vials were advertised, was immediately removed from the network.
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