Corona vaccines that turned out to be fakes were seized in Mexico and Poland.
It was about supposed cans from Pfizer / Biontech.
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In Mexico and Poland, such forgeries have now been paralyzed.
This was confirmed by the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, according to
AFP
information.
Particularly sensitive: People had already been vaccinated with the substance seized from a clinic in Mexico.
As the
Wall Street Journal
initially
reported, around 80 people were allegedly vaccinated against the corona virus.
The health authorities in the state of Nuevo Leon had already warned of a counterfeit vaccine in February.
According to initial information, the supposed vaccine did not cause any health damage.
Fake corona vaccines: Alleged Biontech / Pfizer cans confiscated
Fake corona vaccines were also recently withdrawn from circulation in Poland.
According to
AFP
information, the
confiscated doses of the alleged Biontech / Pfizer vaccine contained
a harmless cosmetic substance, presumably an anti-wrinkle cream.
"We recognize that in this type of environment - fueled by the simplicity and convenience of online trading and the anonymity offered by the internet - fraud, counterfeiting and other illegal activities related to vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 will increase" said a Pfizer spokesman.
According to initial information, nobody in Poland was seriously harmed.
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Corona vaccines: Counterfeits in circulation again and again - Sputnik V already affected
Criminals keep trying to circulate counterfeit vaccines, the
dpa
recently reported
.
In the past month alone, thousands of counterfeit vaccine doses have been seized in China and South Africa and dozens of people arrested, according to Interpol.
In mid-March, Mexican customs confiscated 5,775 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine on a private plane to Honduras.
The forgeries were recognized by a spelling mistake in the name of the vaccine in Cyrillic, which was printed on the labels of the ampoules.
(
nema with AFP / dpa
)
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