Jakarta checks private hospitals, clinics for fake vaccines

 28-Jun-16, The Jakarta Post

Following the discovery of a counterfeit vaccine production and distribution ring in the city, the Jakarta administration is deploying personnel to raid private hospitals and clinics to ensure that none of them use fake medications.

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Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama said at City Hall on Monday that he had ordered the Health Agency to ensure the city was free from counterfeit vaccines.

Ahok said he had received reports that at least four hospitals were regular purchasers of counterfeit vaccines. “I have ordered the agency to take stern measures against hospitals that sold fake vaccines,” he said.

Ahok condemned the producers and sellers of fake vaccines. “They have been producing fake vaccines for more than 10 years. They look like pious people but what they have done is cruel,” he said.

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