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Two people have been arrested in Uganda for distributing fake Covid-19 vaccines. One more is on the run.
It is believed that they may have injected as many as 800 workers at private companies that had organized vaccinations for their staff.
They billed between 100,000 Ugandan shillings ($ 28, £ 20) and 200,000 Ugandan shillings per stroke.
The State House Health Monitoring Unit (HMU) said it had been informed by local leaders that the two men were moving to certain neighborhoods in the capital, Kampala, claiming to be hospital health workers.
HMU’s Dr Warren Namara said it was not yet clear what was in the fake jabs, but his team were testing the fluid.
Vaccines against Covid-19 in Uganda are officially free and available at designated public and private vaccination centers.
More than 856,000 people have been vaccinated to date.
The country is grappling with a second wave of coronavirus, with an increase in serious infections and deaths.
Source: BBC
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