In a desperate attempt to try and exploit the on-going global pandemic , malefactor have been distributing fake versions of thePfizer - BioNTech COVID-19vaccine in Poland and Mexico . assume vials were test by the company and were find to contain phoney vaccines , Pfizer confirmed .
As report byThe Wall Street Journal(WSJ ) , during two separate investigations , Pfizer tested seize vials from Mexico and Poland . They found that some of the seized vials in Mexico were justdistilled waterand also had incorrect labeling , while ampoule from Poland that were mark as the Pfizer vaccine in reality hold anti - wrinkle injectable hyaluronic acid .
The news report expose that around 80 people in Mexico receive the bogus version of the Pfizer vaccine at a clinic , which they had pay for at almost $ 1,000 a dosage . Fortunately , no one thus far seemed to have been physically harmed by it .
The take over vaccine vials in Poland were confiscated from a man ’s flat before anyone received it , Polish authorities confirmed .
" Pfizer has identified imitative versions of its COVID-19 vaccinum in Mexico and Poland , " Pfizer confirmed in anemail statement to Insider . " We are aware that in this type of surroundings – fueled by the ease and convenience of Es - commerce and anonymity open by the Internet – there will be an increase in the preponderance of fraud , imitative and other illicit activity as it relates to vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 . "
As other land around the world struggle to get their populations inoculate because demand exceeds the accessibility , this unfortunately opens up a market for outlaw to operate in .
“ Everybody on the planet require it . Many are desperate for it , ” Lev Kubiak , Pfizer ’s world caput of securitystatedin the report by WSJ . “ We have a very circumscribed supply , a provision that will increase as we rage up and other companies come in the vaccine space . In the interim , there is a perfect opportunity for criminals . ”
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