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Coveted COVID-19 Chinese vaccines provoke social media scams, scalpers targeting overseas Chinese By GT staff reporters Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/14 20:08:42 A vaccine factory in China Photo: AFP I can secure you a dose of Sinopharm with a very competitive price of 3,000 yuan ($458) for two doses, getting injected in a first-class public hospital in Beijing. Many like you have approached me asking for quick accessibility, and no one reported any serious adverse reaction so far, Xiao said when peddling COVID-19 vaccines via WeChat to a Global Times reporter who pretended to be a student going abroad and desperate for vaccine. Xiao, who declined to tell the reporter her full name as many of her peers, is one of many vaccine scalpers lurking in the social media circles of Chinese students planning to study abroad, selling her business opportunities. ....