It doesn't take long to buy a fake COVID-19 vaccine certificate in Ukraine. Just typing the words into Google brings up a slew of advertisements offering a certificate 'without visiting a doctor.'
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Some of the social media channels offering fake vaccine certificates are part of that ecosystem pushing anti-vaccine sentiment, sharing anti-vax information and news stories, while urging people to buy fake certificates to avoid getting the shot. Wanting to go abroad, some Ukrainians are refusing the free shot of the real vaccine and instead are paying money for a fake certificate. On a site listing the phone number of one seller, users reviewed the service.
Oleksiy Vyskyb, Ukraine's deputy minister for digital transformation, told ABC News that some doctors were charging a fee to falsely enter people's name into the state register showing vaccinated citizens.
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