Police hunt man who allegedly injected woman, 92, with ‘fake Covid-19 vaccine’

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The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit has appealed to the public for help in identifying the man they say is suspected of fraudulently demanding payment for administering fake Covid -19 vaccines.

Police released footage of the suspect, a man believed to be in his early 30s, who approached the victim at her home in Surbiton, South West London, on December 30, claiming to be from the country’s National Health Service ( NHS). ).

The suspect allegedly stabbed the woman with what she described as a dart-like tool and demanded payment of £ 160, which he said would later be reimbursed by the NHS.

On Monday, the man went to the woman’s house for the second time and asked for further payment of £ 100, police said.

For the first time there was news about a vaccine. Now come the scams.

City of London police said it was not yet known what substance, if any, had been injected into the woman, but that she had been examined in a hospital and had no ill effects.

Detective Inspector Kevin Ives described the incident in a statement as “a disgusting and totally unacceptable attack on a member of the public that will not be tolerated.”

Like other European countries, the UK has started the New Year closed as the coronavirus continues to rage and scientists are fighting to stop the spread of new, more contagious variants of the virus.

According to Chris Whitty, the country’s chief medical officer, about one in 50 people in England now has the coronavirus.

A large-scale vaccination program for clinically vulnerable people is currently underway in the country. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set a target to vaccinate 13 million people by mid-February.

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