More than 800 people and several companies in Kampala are reported to have received fake Covid 19 jabs last month.
While addressing media, Dr. Wallen Naamara, the Head of State House Health Monitoring Unit stated that two nurses from Nakawa had been arrested for allegedly vaccinating people using a suspected fake vaccine between May 15 and June 17.
Dr.Naamara added that they recovered a record of different offices and companies where the nurses carried out the vaccination exercises.
According to Daily Monitor the companies include Dott services, Diamond Trust Bank, united Bank of Africa, Tororo Cement, Uganda Bati, Madhvani,Seven Hills, Dot Maxs Packaging and more than 800 individuals.
Dr. Naamara also said that people who took the fake Covid jabs shouldn’t get worried because there is a possibility that the fraudsters could have used water they put in stolen bottles.
The arrested nurses revealed to security that they were receiving the vaccine from Dr.Francis Baguma, who is on the run.
“The contents of labels of this vaccine are suspected to have either been stolen from somewhere or manufactured from Nasser Road in Kampala but they didn’t pass the right channels of the government,” said Dr Naamara.
He explained that all the vaccines of Covid 19 are 5mls but the one they found with the nurses doesn’t look like 5mls.
“It’s actually more, the top of the vial is so tempered with and looks like a fake vaccine,” said Dr Naamara.
The detained nurses had 150 pieces of vaccination cards, vaccine carriers and nine vials of Covid 19 vaccines which were ninety dozes.
They were also found with stamps belonging to Kampala City Authority and Kiswa Health Centre.
He added that whereas the Ministry of Health offers free vaccination services, the vaccination at Kiswa was being administered at a fee with each doze ranging from Shs100,000 to shs200,000.