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Brits face £10k fine under new Covid law for faking vaccine status or negative test

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Mirror Online reports.This will mean either showing they have had two doses of a vaccine or they have had a recent negative Covid test.People can show either the NHS app on their phone or a text or e-mail from the government.The new law has led to speculation that people could fake the texts that are received from the NHS testing service confirming a negative result.However, the legislation reveals it will be an offence to make, adapt, supply or offer to supply "false evidence of Covid status to another person" which is known to be "false or misleading".For a first offence, the legislation says a fixed penalty notice of £10,000 will be given for the offence.These laws will be voted on by MPs tomorrow but are expected to pass despite a Tory.

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