800 people in Uganda vaccinated with fake COVID jab

At least more than 800 people and undisclosed number of clients from several companies in Kampala Metropolitan Area received fake Covid-19 jabs last month.

By  Daily Monitor

What you need to know:

  • Daily Monitor understands that a joint health intelligence team on June 17 raided Kiswa Health Centre, a vaccination centre in Nakawa Division, Kampala, and found that the nurses there were charging people between Shs100,00 and Shs200,000 for each dose to vaccinate against Covid-19. 
  • Two nurses were arrested from Nakawa on accusations of vaccinating people with fake vaccines.

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