Reused COVID-19 nasal swabs scam busted at Indonesia airport

Several employees of a pharmaceutical company, Kimia Farma, were arrested in Indonesia for allegedly reusing nasal swab kits intended for COVID-19 testing. According to police, at least 9,000 passengers may have been tested with the swabs which were reportedly washed and reused. The scam had reportedly been going on since December 2020 at the Kualanamu airport in Medan.