A shipment of 100 fraudulent COVID-19 test kits sent from China has been intercepted by officials in Oregon.
The man who ordered the package of kits, priced at 50 cents each, has not been arrested, according to a report by Oregon Live.
Federal agents and Portland police tracked the man who bought the test kits to an apartment in North Portland. Federal prosecutors said authorities wanted to seize the test kids before they fell into public hands. The only way to get tested forTechnicians in the testing lab process coronavirus tests at MedStar St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, MarylandIn March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers about fraudulent COVID-19 test kits.
"As a result of these activities, the agency is beginning to see unauthorized fraudulent test kits that are being marketed to test for COVID-19 in the home."
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