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KARACHI: The city police today (Thursday) arrested a healthcare worker for illegally selling COVID-19 vaccines, including Sinopharm, Sinovac, and Pfizer vaccines to people.
According to details, the suspect — identified as Zeeshan — was working as a nurse on a contractual basis at the district health office. The accused would provide at-home vaccination services to people. Each vaccine was sold for Rs 7,500 to Rs 15,000.
During interrogation, the suspect revealed that the District Health Office West and NGO officials were supplying the vaccine doses to him. He alleged that the health department officials put him on the task of selling the vaccines.
“Money earned from the sale of vaccines was delivered to health department staff”, the suspect alleged. The police have requested permission from higher authorities to arrest health department officials involved in the incident.
At present, only Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is available in the country for commercial sale.