VACCINE hesitant Italians have been going to great lengths to avoid COVID-19 jabs, and it appears at least one health professional may have been helping them to obtain fraudulent vaccination certificates.
Police in Ancona, on Italy's Adriatic coast, have arrested a nurse over, claiming she was part of a syndicate providing falsified vaccination records, through a COVID-19 immunisation clinic, in exchange for cash.
Authorities were alerted to the rogue nurse's behaviour after a doctor at a local hospital became suspicious of her actions.
CCTV footage released by authorities showed the nurse allegedly emptying syringes into bins before pretending to administer the shot into a patient's arm and placing a bandage over the injection site to avoid detection.
Alongside the nurse, a further four suspects have been placed under house arrest on charges of corruption, falsifying information and embezzelment, Euronews reported.
Police are investigating 45 patients who allegedly received their jabs from the nurse.
Under COVID regulations unvaccinated Italians are currently prohibitied from using public transport or attending restaurants or bars.
The nurse's arrest came a month after an Italian dentist attempted to con his way round vaccination rules using a fake arm (PD 06 Dec 2021).
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