Marcello Minenna (Ansa)

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November 20, 2020 "Our intelligence systems have intercepted the potential distribution in Italy of Chinese anticovid 19 vaccines, which are not attributable to pharmaceutical companies that deal with vaccines in China, currently not recognized by other health authorities, including the Italian one" .

This is the alarm raised in an interview with Gr1 Rai Radiouno by Marcello Minenna, economist and general manager of the Customs Agency.



"They are vaccines that are useless, also because their transport requires very low temperatures, while their online sale and unclear transfer raise suspicions", added Minenna, stressing that the Customs Agency has raised the levels control and alert with continuous monitoring of naval and air loads.



"Our analysis, also on e-commerce, confirms the attempt to commercialize tarot vaccines through online platforms", said the head of customs, concluding: "At the moment it is neither possible nor lawful to purchase anticovid vaccines through any method. ".



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Alarm from the Customs Agency: "Do not buy any vaccines online without doctors' indications." The Director General of the Agency Marcello Minenna at Gr1: "Counterfeit products risk arriving in Italy from China" pic.twitter.com/74rHRsP8kx

- Rai Radio1 (@ Radio1Rai) November 20, 2020