Crime
80 arrested for bottling mixture of salt, water as COVID 19 vaccines in China
Saline solution is a mixture of salt and water
Chinese authorities, on Monday, detained 80 people on suspicion of producing counterfeit coronavirus vaccines.
State news agency, Xinhua reported that the detained are alleged to have been bottling saline solution, a mixture of salt and water, to sell as vaccine since September.
A total of 3,000 vaccine doses were confiscated, with raids taking place in several locations across the country.
China has developed a number of its own vaccines.
The Beijing government has set a goal of vaccinating 50 million people by mid-February.
