A Liverpool scientist warned against fake covid vaccines advertised on the darknet.
Dr Sulaf Assi, a senior lecturer in pharmacy at Liverpool John Moores University, developed a new portable device to detect counterfeit Covid-19 vaccines in "less than a minute". Last year, the NHS urged the public to be wary of 'vaccine fraud', and news outlets reported on fake versions of major Covid-19 vaccines being sold on the darknet, a section of the internet accessible only through specialised software.
Dr Assi said: "Often these fakes are just saline solution, but some samples have been shown to be a different vaccine; so at best, you get ineffective treatment, and at worst lethal effects."
