“Yes, they just send the details of the passenger and they receive the certificates on WhatsApp. This business is lucrative considering the number of passengers traveling overseas every day and who must produce the Covid-19 certificate 72 hours before boarding. The racket involves senior lab technicians at the Machakos Level 5 Hospital, which is among the hospitals accredited to run Covid-19 tests and issue certificates. The first client, a male aged 44 flying to London, had his negative certificate send to him via WhatsApp with the document claiming that his samples were collected on May 6 and the test recorded on May 7, 2021 at 3:54 am. “We get reagents from the national government, so the county leadership decided that we should not charge people for Covid-19 tests.

Source: Standard Digital July 17, 2021 09:00 UTC