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COVID-19 Testing Scam Hits Indonesian Airport


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Several employees from Indonesia’s state-owned pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma have been arrested for allegedly washing and reselling COVID-19 nasal swab test kits. According to the police, an estimated 9,000 passengers at the Kualanamu International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, might have been tested with such kits, which were washed and reused.
The use of nasal swab testing kits has become routine for many nations throughout the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. The same is the procedure at the Kualanamu airport, where passengers had to test negative in the naval swab test to board the flight, with an option for customers to be tested at the airport itself, using antigen rapid test kits supplied by Kimia Farma. ....

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Airport Scammers Allegedly Reused COVID-19 Nasal Swabs on Passengers in Indonesia


Airport Scammers Allegedly Reused COVID-19 Nasal Swabs on Passengers in Indonesia
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Police in Indonesia have arrested several employees of a local pharmaceutical company for allegedly facilitating the reuse of nasal swabs for airport COVID-19 tests.
Five people working for state-owned Kimia Farma have been arrested,
CNN reports. The employees are accused of washing and repackaging the nasal swabs used in rapid antigen tests at Kualanamu International Airport in North Sumatra.
Police told
CNN they believe the arrangement went on for four months and may have impacted as many as 10,000 passengers, each of whom paid the equivalent of $14 for their test. During their investigation, police found recycled cotton swabs, recycled packing, and the equivalent of about $10,000 in cash. ....

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