Six held in Gujarat over 250 fake Covid vaccine certificates

“Three contractual staff were found to be involved — a health worker, a case writer and a peon,” said Dr Jethwa.

The accused were charged under relevant IPC sections.

Special operations group (SOG) sub-inspector Prashant Singarkhiya said, “The travel agents had contact with contractual staff in the health department and hospitals who were functioning as operators who would use the login ID and password of the nurse who was administering the vaccine to issue the certificate without her knowledge. We found that the nurse was not involved…”