Police say people were fraudulently obtaining Covid passes by having fake vaccinations in Palermo
Summary
- It is not the first time a nurse has been arrested in Italy for pretending to inject Covid vaccines.
- Last Wednesday, an Italian nurse in Ancona in the Marche region was arrested for allegedly giving fake Covid vaccines to at least 45 people.
- The nurse arrested on Friday in Palermo is the second health worker from the same hospital in the city to end up in prison.
- The woman told investigators she injected fake vaccines because she needed money to support her son at university.
- His plan foiled, he then tried to persuade the health worker to turn a blind eye.