Blood Of COVID-19 Patients On Sale For As Much As Rs. 11,00,000 As Vaccine

Aadhya Khatri - May 21, 2020

Vendors selling the blood said injecting it will ensure lifelong immunity for buyers against COVID-19

Vendors on the darknet are offering something they claimed to be the blood of those who have recovered from COVID-19 with a promise that it would help anyone had a lifelong immunity against the disease.

According to a report from the Australia National University, cybercriminals are putting a wide range of merchandise on at least 20 darknet markets, exploiting COVID-19 fear for profit.

Covid 19 blood darknet — Vendors on the darknet are offering something they claimed to be the blood of those who have recovered from COVID-19

The products on sale include fake vaccines, medicines, COVID-19 tests, protective suits, and the blood of former COVID-19 patients, which is by far the most troubling.

As the time of writing this article, there are at least 19 items belong to such product range are on sale on one of the most popular darknet markets. And for one liter of blood with “plasma,” buyers must pay as much as Rs. 11,00,000. These merchandise is said to be from doctors across the world and shipping is available via a Swedish company.

As stated by Rod Broadhurst, ANU’s lead researcher of this finding, buyers of the blood were supposed to inject themselves with it as a protective measure against COVID-19.

Covid 19 blood darknet 2 — Buyers of the blood were supposed to inject themselves with it as a protective measure against COVID-19

The team did their survey in just one day, the 3^rd of April and found out that PPE suit was the most readily available merchandise. They are thought to be stolen from stores, warehouses, and factories.

The majority of them are from the U.S (61%), followed by Europe (6%), the UK (2.6%), and Australia (0.5%).

Some of you may not have a positive view of darknet markets but in reality, they are trying to crack down on this unethical practice. For example, one of such markets, Monopoly, recently banned all kinds of listing for COVID-19-related products citing there was no magical cure that could protect people from the disease.

As stated by the ANU, while the number of Coronavirus-related merchandise is small compared to that of other goods imported illegally, the availability of fake vaccines and medicines was still alarming and needed urgent attention.

So far, the best we have is vaccines under test and no company or country have ever announced a total success in making an effective vaccine that can protect us from this deadly disease. So what on sale there must have been fake.

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