FDA Warns Public Over Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Allegedly Being Sold on Social Media
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against the fake COVID-19 vaccines allegedly being sold on online platforms.
DA Deputy Director-General, Dr. Oscar Gutierrez, said in a virtual forum on Tuesday, March 30, not to patronize the vaccines for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) being sold online as these could be fake.
“I am sure that vaccines sold online are falsified and fake vaccines. They should not be patronized by anybody otherwise they are only giving their money to the criminals,” Gutierrez said.
“Globally there are no vaccines authorized online. There are no legitimate vaccines sold online. So, any vaccines sold online are falsified, they are fake and they should not be in the online market,” he added.
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To assure not getting jab by fake ones, Gutierrez also asked the public to receive their COVID-19 vaccines in the designated immunization sites of the government. He encourages the public to receive only the vaccines from the Department of Health (DOH).
“The public is encouraged to receive their vaccines only in the Department of Health designated vaccination sites,” he said.
He added that “the vaccines should be received by the public in DOH authorized vaccination sites so we are assured and we are confident that the vaccines that we receive are genuine.” As of now, he said, there are no fake vaccines in the Philippines yet.
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