Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of doses of counterfeit COVID-19 vaccine and made dozens of arrests.
Interpol says police made 80 arrests at a Chinese factory allegedly making fake vaccine, where at least 3,000 doses were found.
The BBC reports that three Chinese nationals and a Zambian were detained at a warehouse in Gauteng, South Africa, where sealed viles containing 2,400 doses were discovered.
It is not clear when exactly the arrests took place.
The discovery in South Africa was reported by the country's Sunday Times newspaper at the end of December.
Interpol says it was also getting reports of other fake vaccine rings.
Announcing the dismantling of the suspected fake vaccine network, Interpol stressed that no approved vaccines were "currently available for sale online".
They says any vaccine being advertised on websites or the dark web, will not be legitimate, will not have been tested and may be dangerous.
According to a Johns Hopkins University estimates, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 2.5 million lives worldwide and infected nearly 115 million people.
[Source: BBC]
