A PIL has been filed before the Apex Court of India seeking directions for strictly restricting the sale of counterfeit vaccine for COVID-19 and formation of guidelines under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
The petition has been filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari arguing that the criminal organizations may cause a threat to the public health and safety by circulating the fake and counterfeit vaccines for COVID-19.
The plea stated, “The *INTERPOL* organization has issued a warning that with the invention of coronavirus vaccine there will be a situation of danger which may arise of counterfeit vaccine, which several criminal organization may carry out and mostly through online mode.”
