PAHO warns against supplying fake vaccines to Argentina, Brazil and Mexico – Telam

PAHO Warns Against Supply of Fake Vaccines to Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) deputy director Jarbas Barbosa warned against providing fake coronavirus vaccines to Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, a fact that the Argentine government has detected and ” follows closely, “sources said. .

Asked about a Wall Street Journal report on the sale of fraudulent vaccines from the Pfizer laboratory in Mexico, Barbosa said: “Yes, we have received reports from Mexico, Argentina and Brazil that certain doses have been offered via social media.”

At a press conference, Barbosa said that “illegal markets offer vaccines that are probably counterfeit, they are not the real vaccines, or maybe they are stealing them from a health center and no one is can guarantee that they are stored correctly, “according to the AFP agency.

In this sense, official sources told Tlam that the Argentine government “has closely followed the announcements of the provinces” and some municipalities to purchase vaccines against Covid-19.

“There are intermediaries that are offered that do not meet the minimum conditions,” warn the sources.

Jarbas Barbosa, OPS

These types of offers, they commented, have reached official negotiators, with offers of vaccines at prices higher than what is paid for.

Regarding the operation, the sources pointed out that as soon as Argentinian officials corroborate the falsity of the offer based on channels already open during the pandemic to obtain vaccines, the suppliers of counterfeit products withdraw from the negotiations.

The national government also stressed that any vaccine purchase should be controlled by a range of state spheres, including customs and the National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (Anmat).

Regarding the provision of vaccines online, the PAHO official said that only those administered by health authorities can be trusted because only these are guaranteed “safe and effective”.

“Therefore, it is very important to refuse to buy any type of vaccine offered through social networks and the Internet,” Barbosa concluded.