In China, a fake corona vaccine has emerged. Even though it was actually sold, the criticism of the Chinese is also high.
Correspondent Kim Ji-sung from Beijing.
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Chinese public security enters the warehouse.
One side of the warehouse is stacked with boxes that appear to be corona 19 vaccine.
They are modeled after products from a Chinese pharmaceutical company, and all are fake.
Instead of vaccines, they are filled with saline.
At the site, 3,000 doses of fake vaccines were found.
About 80 people were arrested by the Chinese police, and it was revealed that they have made and sold fake vaccines in Beijing, Jiangsu and Shandong provinces since September last year.
It was found that the manufactured fake vaccine was sold at a high price through WeChat, China’s representative messenger app.
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Chinese media reported that the suspects were planning to sell fake vaccines overseas, and there were cases of smuggling into Africa.
Earlier last month, suspicions were raised that Chinese-made vaccines were smuggled into Japan, which Chinese authorities denied at the time, and the authenticity of the vaccine was not confirmed.
In China, there are demands that even life-related vaccines can be counterfeited and face severe punishment.
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China, which has boasted the efficacy and export performance of Chinese vaccines, stressed that it will further tighten vaccine-related crimes.