Big bonuses, extreme rationing: How Covid-hit China is coping with its drugs shortage | CNN Business

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The abrupt shift in China’s Covid policy has left its people and health facilities ill-prepared to deal with a huge wave of infections, leading to widespread shortages of the most common drugs used to alleviate flu-like symptoms

. The local versions of Tylenol and Advil are nearly impossible to get at drugstores across the country, fueling anger and worry about the unavailability of basic medical supplies. Collective anxiety shot up after multiple state media publications started blaring the phrase: “Everyone is responsible for their own health first” in recent weeks. To calm panic buying, regional governments have rolled out unusual measures to limit sales and increase supply of popular fever medications.

In the southwestern province of Sichuan, the government announced emergency measures Monday authorizing payouts up to a maximum of one million yuan per company to enable them to increase production of Covid-related products.

 

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CNN: China could see nearly a million deaths... The fact: The US has already seen over a million deaths...

Their vaccine is weak. Then they gave the people what they wanted.

China has a shortage of cold medicine so if there is no cold medicine at your local pharmacy this is why

this is what happens when you protest against xi 'off with your head'

A FUC ING Lie! AMERICANS ARE THE ONES HAVING THIS PROBLEM! Communist China 🇨🇳 is ALL ABOUT LIES like DemocRATs

They’re also way behind the rest of the world, and still at the “everyone runs to the ER when they test positive just in case it’s serious” PTSD stage of the pandemic

Xi Jinping is loving his people to death. Like an over controlling bully. Their suffering is second fiddle to his authority.

Still hyping this hoax huh...?

Y'all said the same thing about India not too terribly long ago.....and they're fine.

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