Pharmacies Selling Over 600 Astra Zeneca Vaccines
The Police Crime Intelligence Unit in Kampala is investigating several pharmacies found in illegal possession of the Astra Zeneca Covid19 vaccine.
After an intelligence led 2 day heated operation over the weekend police managed to bust over 10 suspects and impound 600 doses of the vaccine from various Kampala pharmacies.
The operation that followed a tip off from a citizen was conducted in the areas of Bukoto, Mulago-Wandegeya and Ntinda.
Police says their cops were first sent to over 5 pharmacies in the guise of travellers looking for Covid-19 vaccination and certificates .
All Pharmacies they visited asserted the vaccines were available for sale and certificates would be awarded.
The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire has however declined to reveal the identities of the suspects not to jeopardize investigations.
He says the suspects are locked up at the Special Investigations Unit-SIU Kireka as inquires happen..
Pharmacies Selling Over 600 Astra Zeneca Vaccines
This is no the 1st time that incidents of theft are being reported, recently, Police busted a 22year old man in Kampala administering Covid19 jabs to workers at National Medical stores -NMS at 25k per dose.
Police has also revealed that similar operations are ongoing followinginformation that people stole COVID-19 vaccines from the Ministry of Health storage facility and are now busy selling them to the public on the black market.
Meanwhile over 700000 jabs of the 964,000 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines donated by Covax facility and India have already been used up.
The country has already started registering a shortage of the vaccines as demand increases following the second deadlier wave of Covid19.
The government is preparing to get Johnson and Johnson vaccines from the USA and Cuba since India suspended exports.
The Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 1727 new Covid infections to take the tally to 61977, 5 deaths leading to 428 dead people now.
Several hospitals have also reported that the number of Covid patients admitted has more than doubled whereas those in Intensive Care Units have also gone up.
