In this photo released by Mexico's tax agency, SAT, on March 17, 2021, officials show vials of seized, alleged Sputnik V vaccines for COVID-19 in Campeche, Mexico.
(Mexican tax agency SAT via AP)MEXICO CITY โ Mexican customs officials have seized purported vials of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine en route to Honduras that the Russian entity that bankrolled the vaccineโs development said Thursday were fake.
The RDIF also drew geopolitics into the mix, saying, โThis is an example of possible provocations against Sputnik V just as Russian officials warned last week.
The source said that the alleged plan is to paint Sputnik V as ineffective and dangerous, including by โstaging mass deaths, allegedly as a result of usingโ the vaccine.
Mexico started vaccinating people with Sputnik V last month and has received 400,000 doses to date.