A state-owned pharmaceutical company in Indonesia is accused of having used recycled rapid antigen swabs on around 9,000 people.
Five lab workers from the firm Kimia Farma were arrested late last month and are facing up to six years in prison, as per New York Timeson May 1. They were said to have violated consumer protection, medical waste and contagious disease laws.
Authorities busted the scam following an investigation into whether people were being infected through contaminated nasal swab test kits.
An undercover cop underwent a nasal swab test at the Kualanamu International Airport after receiving a tip. He received a false-positive result, according to North Sumatra po…
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