The warning follows a
police raid in Novemberlast year of a warehouse in Germiston that resulted in hundreds of fake Covid-19 vaccines and masks worth R6 million seized after a global alert issued by Interpol. Four people were arrested for contravening the Counterfeit Goods Act and the Customs and Excise Act as well as contravention of the Medicines and Related Substances Act.
Mkhize said Covid-19 vaccines were not for sale in the country.
“We want to encourage our people to be aware that the vaccines are free at the point of administration. In the rest of the continent, this matter has also been taken up quite seriously and the governments in those countries are working with manufacturers to limit these particular black markets.