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Fake COVID-19 shots sold on Internet

Fake doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine were being sold in Mexico and Poland for as much as US$2,500 a shot, the US drugmaker confirmed.

At a clinic in Mexico some 80 people received bogus vaccines, which appeared to have been harmless but offered no protection against the deadly disease ravaging the country, a report in the Wall Street Journal said.

Mexico鈥檚 government spokesperson said 鈥渘o product was found that could affect鈥 the health of those scammed. Several people had been arrested.

He said the false drugs were offered on social networks for up to US$2,500 per unit and were detected by cyber police.


 

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