Hundreds in Kolkata may have got antibiotic shots

KOLKATA: Hundreds who were "inoculated" at multiple fake vaccination camps organised by arrested fraudster Debanjan Deb might have been administered Amikacin Sulphate, an antibiotic, report Saikat Ray & Dwaipayan Ghosh.


"After examining a vial, our doctors have confirmed that the recipients of the camp were administered fake vaccines,"

Atin Ghosh

, member,

Kolkata Municipal Corporation

board of administrators, said Thursday.

The vials bore a Covishield label but did not have the batch number, manufacturing or expiry date.

"The vials were smaller in size," a

KMC

health department official said. Amikacin Sulphate is an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. The

Kolkata Police

detective department said the accused claimed he had administered Amikacin.