Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Former Vietnam Health Minister Tried Over Covid Test Bribes
HANOI—Vietnam’s former health minister and 37 others went on trial in Hanoi on Wednesday for their alleged roles in producing and distributing overpriced COVID-19 test kits. The Viet A scandal, named for the semi-private firm that made the kits, allegedly saw senior officials facilitate multiple million-dollar deals to supply hospitals and local communities with testing equipment at vastly inflated prices. Images on state media showed the defendants—all wearing masks—escorted by uniformed police to the court building in Hanoi. Among them was former health minister Nguyen Thanh Long, who is accused of receiving bribes worth $2.25 million, and former Hanoi mayor Chu Ngoc Anh, accused of “violating regulations on management of state assets.” At least 100 officials and business people have been arrested across the country in connection with the scandal. The scam was estimated to have netted some $172 million for Viet A —$34 million of which was allegedly ploughed straight back into the bribing of official
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Schaumburg lab accused of stealing millions in federal funds as part of COVID-19 test kit scheme
Baqar Hussain Razv Syed, owner of Luna Labs in Schaumburg, is accused of filing millions of dollars' of false Medicare claims for COVID test kits. FULL STORY:https://abc7chicago.com/covid-test-kit-
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
‘Excess deaths STARTED with the vaccine programme’ | Top doctor's stark warnings being 'ignored'
Professor of Oncology, Angus Dalgleish, says that he and his colleagues' warnings about the excess deaths as a result of the vaccine programme are being 'ignored' on multiple occasions.