Varsha Engineering News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Thousands Receive Fake COVID-19 Vaccines, Injected With Salt Water Instead KEY POINTS At least 2,500 people fell victim to the COVID-19 vaccine scam The residents grew suspicious after their shots were not registered in the government's online tracking system Authorities seized more than $20,000 from the vaccine scam organizers Thousands of people in India became victims of a COVID-19 scam after being given shots of salt water instead of the coronavirus vaccine.  An estimated 2,500 were given saline water across 12 fake vaccination sites as part of the wide-ranging scam. Vishal Thakur, a s...

Thousands Injected With Salt Water In Fake COVID-19 Vaccine Scam By Danielle Ong on July 06 2021 11:17 AM A resident reacts as she gets inoculated with a dose of AstraZeneca-Oxford's Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a centre in the Dharavi slums in Mumbai Thousands of people in India became victims of a COVID-19 scam after being given shots of salt water instead of the coronavirus vaccine.  An estimated 2,500 were given saline water across 12 fake vaccination sites as part of the wide-ranging scam. Vishal Thakur, a senior official of the Mumbai police depar...

Within the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, few treasures are more coveted than an empty oxygen canister. India’s hospitals desperately need the metal cylinders to store and transport the life-saving gas as patients across the country gasp for breath. So a local charity reacted with outrage when one supplier more than doubled the price, to nearly $200 (Rs 14,608) each. The charity called the police, who discovered what could be one of the most brazen, dangerous scams in a country awash with coronavirus-related fraud and black-market profiteering. The police say the supplier — a busin...

3 people in India repainted fire extinguishers to look like oxygen cylinders, sold them to Covid patients  May 17, 2021, 09:19 AM facebook email A medical worker carries an oxygen cylinder at a COVID-19 safe home care centre in Kolkata on May 14, 2021. Sudipta Das/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Police arrested three people in India for allegedly repainting fire extinguishers to look like oxygen cylinders, the Times of India reported. The accused scammers sold "many" of the fire extinguishers to families of Covid-19 patients for $180 each, police say...

Covid 19 coronavirus: A desperate India falls prey to Covid scammers 17 May, 2021 06:00 AM 8 minutes to read Unloading oxygen canisters, a precious commodity in India, at a New Delhi hospital this month. Photo /Atul Loke, The New York Times Unloading oxygen canisters, a precious commodity in India, at a New Delhi hospital this month. Photo /Atul Loke, The New York Times New York Times By: Hari Kumar and Jeffrey Gettleman As the health care system fails, clandestine markets have emerged for drugs, oxygen, hospital beds and funeral services. Fake goods may be putting lives at risk. Wit...