China arrests more than 80 people in ‘fake vaccine’ ring crackdown

China arrests more than 80 people in ‘fake vaccine’ ring crackdown

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(CNN) – China has said it is cracking down on a crime ring making “fake vaccines” for Covid-19 that has been running since September, state media report.

Police departments in Jiangsu, Beijing and Shandong have arrested more than 80 people involved in producing more than 3,000 fake Covid-19 vaccine doses, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Xinhua said China’s Ministry of Public Security is investigating crimes related to manufacturing and selling of counterfeit vaccines “and the illegal practice of medicine and fraud under the guise of the vaccines.”