- JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Police
have arrested a man for allegedly giving contaminated vaccines to children.
The arrest came after a five-year-old boy was admitted to a city hospital
after receiving an injection.
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- There have been strong rumors that a group of people
claiming to be members of the Health Ministry's medical team was giving
contaminated vaccines to children after visiting households in the city.
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- A hospital source told Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publication
of Arab News, that the boy was playing with his friends on the street when
several men approached them. The men, the source said, caught the boy and
forcibly injected him with contaminated vaccine.
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- The newspaper said rumors of people pretending to be
Health Ministry officials contaminating children have been circulating
in Jeddah for the past 10 days. It said people have received text messages
on their mobile phones warning against the group.
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- A security source confirmed the arrest of the individual
but refused to give the man's identity. The arrest took place in Umm Al-Salm,
northeast of Jeddah, and police are questioning the man in order to arrest
other people involved in the incident. "The child was brought to hospital
on Friday and the incident could have taken place several days before.
The child does not show any symptoms of any disease," the source told
the daily.
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