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Covid: Reused nose swab scam busted in Indonesia airport
BBC News Services ^ | May 5, 2021 | N/A

Posted on 05/05/2021 7:32:28 AM PDT by deport

Several employees of a pharmaceutical company have been arrested in Indonesia for allegedly washing and reselling used Covid nasal swab test kits.

Up to 9,000 passengers at an airport in Medan may have been tested with the reused swab sticks, say police.

State-owned company Kimia Farma is now reportedly facing a potential lawsuit launched on behalf of the travellers.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Travel
KEYWORDS: covid; nose; swab
And the beat,,, err swab goes on......
1 posted on 05/05/2021 7:32:28 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

Gross.
Sounds like there was a potential to infect passengers.
If so, they could be liable for murder.


2 posted on 05/05/2021 7:37:47 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: deport

Turd World hygiene.


3 posted on 05/05/2021 7:39:39 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: DannyTN

Yep let the swabbing begin. Carry your own nose swabs
for them to use.


4 posted on 05/05/2021 7:39:44 AM PDT by deport ( )
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To: deport

Be thankful for small things. At least they weren’t reusing anal swabs!


5 posted on 05/05/2021 7:41:26 AM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: deport

Imagine reusing anal swabs. Or passing off used anal swabs as an unused nasal swabs.


6 posted on 05/05/2021 8:25:30 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er

-an


7 posted on 05/05/2021 8:26:23 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: deport

GROSS!


8 posted on 05/05/2021 9:18:54 AM PDT by bgill
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