Fake COVID test kits seized in Mexicali

By Sumiko Keil, Brandon Mejia, Nassieli Pizano

March 29, 2021 6:36 PM

Published March 29, 2021 12:59 PM

MEXICALI, B.C. (KYMA, KECY) - Transportation Security Administration officials seized more than 5,000 fake COVID-19 testing kits over the weekend.

TSA officials and the National Guard turned over the fake tests to the State Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (COEPRIS).

The tests were from China and were packaged in a cardboard box, ready to be sold in the city.

COEPRIS official Marco Aurelio Gámez said that there had been several seizures of covid tests that are illegally introduced in recent months, as well as medicines that are not regulated.

COEPRIS said that they would continue to work with the National Guard at the entrances of Mexicali, checkpoints of sale, and pharmacies.

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Sumiko Keil

Sumiko Keil has served as the Digital Content Producer since March 2019.

Brandon Mejia

Brandon Mejia joins the news team as the evening anchor for KSWT. You can catch him weeknight at 6 and 10 p.m.

Nassieli Pizano

Nassieli Pizano, nacida en Mexicali Baja California, Lic. en Ciencias de la Comunicación de la UABC, comenzó su carrera periodística en medios televisivos en Mexicali en el año 2003, para luego emigrar a Estados Unidos y continuar ejerciendo su labor como reportera en el Valle Imperial para Telemundo 3 en agosto del 2018.

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