A nurse who pretended to prick the coronavirus vaccine in exchange for 400 euros In order for patients to obtain the vaccination certificate, she was arrested this Tuesday in Palermo, in Sicily (southern Italy), the Police reported.
This case joins other frauds that have occurred in the country to try obtain the necessary vaccination certificate for numerous activities.
In exchange for the puncture, the nurse discharged the dose of vaccine onto gauze and then pricked the empty syringe into the arm of the “patient”, as revealed by the images captured by a camera placed in the vaccination center where he worked.
Arrest of a vaccine leader
The investigation carried out by the Palermo police investigation and special operations unit culminated in the arrest of the nurse and the leader of an anti-vaccine movement Filippo Accetta and another accompliceGiuseppe Tomasino, you participate in this plot of corruption and falsification.
Among the dozen “clients” who pretended to be vaccinated to get the vaccination certificate The two detainees have been identified, as well as a police officer from the Palermo police station and another nurse from the same center.
The agents have blocked your certificate, necessary to access restaurants and entertainment venues in Italy, and have announced that they will suspend the police and nurses, who need to be vaccinated to work.
The commissioner for the Palermo coronavirus emergency, Renato Costa, explained that, although it is an “isolated episode”, all “the health personnel of the Fiera del Mediterraneo vaccination center feel betrayed”.

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