WHO warns against sales of counterfeit Covid vaccines on the dark web

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Small bottles labelled with “Vaccine” stickers stand near a medical syringe in front of displayed “Coronavirus COVID-19” words in this illustration taken April 10, 2020.
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The World Health Organization warned against counterfeit Covid-19 vaccines sold on the dark web during a press conference Friday.

“We urge all people not to buy vaccines outside government-run vaccination programs. Any vaccine outside these programs may be substandard or falsified, with the potential to cause serious harm,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

The WHO’s top official said the group is also aware of reports of reusing empty vaccine vials and tampering with the Covid vaccines supply chain.

“We urge the secure disposal or destruction of used an empty vaccine vials to prevent them from being reused by criminal groups,” Tedros said. He asked countries and individuals to watch for suspicious vaccine sales and report them to national authorities. “Information flow is essential to mark to map global threats and protect confidence in vaccines,” he said.

WHO emphasized that any harm from falsified vaccines does not the safety of genuine vaccines.

Law enforcement in the U.K. cataloged more than 6,000 cases of Covid-related fraud amounting to £34.5 million in the past year, the BBC reported.

Americans have lost $382 million to fraud linked to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Federal Trade Commission. More than 217,000 people had filed a Covid-related fraud report with the agency since January 2020.

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