A millionaire couple reportedly posed as cleaners before flying 1,000 miles to skip the coronavirus vaccine queue. Casino mogul Rodney Baker, 55, and his 32-year-old wife, Ekaterina Baker, allegedly flew on a private plane to a community in Yukon where the Moderna jab was being delivered.
They were stopped on their return to Vancouver, Canada, by police officers who had been tipped off by suspicious clinic staff, who were confused at their request for a lift to the airport. The couple were slapped with two charges each under Yukon’s Civil Emergency Measures Act, one for failing to self-isolate and the other for failing to follow a travel declaration on January 21. Both now face a fine of more than £1,000, reports the Daily Star.
Yukon Community Services Minister John Streicker told CBC on Monday: “Effectively what they did was they put our community and our isolation team at risk, I’m pretty angry at the whole thing.” Staff at a mobile clinic in Beaver Creek had been administering the vaccine to about 100 of the local residents, most of whom are members of the White River First Nation. The couple raises suspicions when they asked for a ride to the airport after receiving their jabs, Streicker said.
Millionaire couple 'fly 1,000 miles posing as cleaners to skip vaccine queue'
