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Chinese covid vaccine secretly given to VIPs
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A health worker prepares a dose of the Sinopharm s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, in Lima, Peru, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/Files
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In Peru and elsewhere, some politicians and the well-connected got China’s Sinopharm shot months ahead of health workers and other vulnerable groups
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After Peru’s death toll from Covid-19 surged last fall, nearly 500 politically connected people, including then-President Martin Vizcarra, were secretly given a Chinese vaccine, according to Peru’s government.
The revelation that government consultants, lobbyists, cabinet ministers and the former president and his family were inoculated starting in September before the vaccine was approved by Peruvian authorities has resulted in a roiling scandal now dubbed Vaccine Gate.
Peru’s bishops indignant over COVID-19 vaccine scandal involving nuncio
Health care workers wait to receive a dose of Sinopharm s COVID-19 vaccine in Lima, Peru, Feb. 9, 2021. Peru s bishops are indignant that vaccines are being given to VIPs instead of essential workers; one of those who received the vaccine was the papal nuncio. (CNS photo/Sebastian Castaneda, Reuters)
By Lucien Chauvin • Catholic News Service • Posted February 19, 2021
LIMA, Peru (CNS) Peru’s Catholic bishops want a thorough investigation of a COVID-19 vaccine trafficking scandal that includes the country’s papal nuncio.
In a statement released late Feb. 17, the bishops’ conference said the illicit use of vaccines “exposes the new face of the monster of corruption” in this Andean country of 33 million people.
Peru s bishops indignant over Covid-19 vaccine scandal involving nuncio
The bishops conference said the illicit use of vaccines exposes the new face of the monster of corruption
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Peruvian health workers queue to receive the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Lima on Feb. 9. (Photo: AFP)
Peru s Catholic bishops want a thorough investigation of a Covid-19 vaccine trafficking scandal that includes the country s papal nuncio.
In a statement released late Feb. 17, the bishops conference said the illicit use of vaccines exposes the new face of the monster of corruption in this Andean country of 33 million people.
The scandal, known in Peru as Vaccine-gate, has rocked the country, not only forcing political resignations, but undermining the credibility of some of the sectors that still commanded respect, including doctors, universities and the church.
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