Counterfeit Corona vaccine doses from Biontech / Pfizer have appeared in Poland and Mexico.
Dozens of people have already been vaccinated with the fake.
The number of coronavirus infections in Baden-Württemberg * and all of Germany continues to rise rapidly.
The 7-day incidence in Germany is no longer far from the 200 mark.
In order to break the third wave, the controversial Corona emergency brake for Germany * was decided by the Bundestag and now also by the Bundesrat, reported on
echo24.de
*.
But one thing is clear: in the long term, more vaccinations will be needed to cope with the pandemic.
Corona vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer: Warning - counterfeits discovered
On April 22nd, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn announced that vaccination priorities would be lifted in Germany * by the end of June 2021. And experts also assume that there could soon be
corona vaccinations
for everyone. The reason for so much optimism is the fact that the federal government is expecting new vaccine deliveries in the coming weeks. But be
careful,
counterfeit
vaccines of the Biontech / Pfizer
vaccine
have now been
discovered
in the EU
.
Specifically, it is about Poland, where reports from
ntv say
fake corona vaccine has been withdrawn from circulation.
The large pharmaceutical company Pfizer from the USA confirmed that the confiscated glass vials with forged labels do not contain the vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer.
Counterfeit vaccines have also surfaced
in
Mexico
.
Unlike in
Poland
, around 80 people there were vaccinated with the counterfeit Biontech vaccine, as
Merkur.de
* reported.
Corona vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer: Probably anti-wrinkle cream instead of vaccine
The people in Mexico who received the counterfeit vaccine from Biontech seem
to have suffered no health damage, according
to reports from
ntv
. The fakes of the vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer seized in Poland probably contained a cosmetic substance instead of the vaccine; anti-wrinkle cream is suspected. On the US broadcaster ABC, a Pfizer spokesman spoke about the counterfeit vaccines in Poland and Mexico *, which
fr.de
* also currently reports on.
"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" explains the Pfizer spokesman on ABC.
In fact, it is not the first time that counterfeit corona vaccines have caused uncertainty among the population.
Corona vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer: Thousands of fakes from Sputnik V.
According to Interpol, counterfeit vaccine doses have been seized several times in recent months, including in China and South Africa. Dozens of people have been arrested for the fake corona vaccines, according to Interpol. The broadcaster
ntv also
reports that the health authorities in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon had already warned of fake corona vaccines in February - so the problem is not unknown.
By the way: Not only the corona vaccine from Biontech is the target of criminals.
According to reports from
ntv
, Mexican customs confiscated 5,775 doses of the Russian corona vaccine Sputnik V in a private plane to Honduras in mid-March.
The crew and passengers all had Honduran citizenship and were arrested, customs in Mexico said at the time.
The forgeries of Sputnik V were unmasked at that time by misspellings in the name of the vaccine in Cyrillic script, which had been printed on the labels of the ampoules.
*
echo24.de
, Merkur.de and fr.de are offered by IPPEN.MEDIA.
