China's Covid 'chaos': How a shortage of fever drugs is sparking a global run on medicines | CNN Business

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An unprecedented wave of Covid infections in China has triggered widespread drug shortages, as people scramble to buy fever medicines and painkillers to alleviate flu-like symptoms

The panic buying has spread outside mainland China’s borders, with the generic versions of Tylenol and Advil sold out at drugstores in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and as far afield as Australia, prompting some local pharmacies to limit sales. Even home remedies such as canned peaches are being snapped up by people looking for ways to fight Covid.

The order came after residents complained about empty shelves when they were looking for cold and fever medicines, according to Exmoo News, a local newspaper. Lack of supply in Taiwan, Australia China is grappling with its worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic, with analysts from investment bank Nomura describing the situation as “nationwide chaos.” “In all of this, one big question is whether the current reopening was planned,” said analysts from Capital Economics in a separate note.

 

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Repeated waves of Covid infections in Japan have caused widespread drug shortages each time, making it difficult for the general public to buy fever medicines and painkillers to alleviate flu-like symptoms

They shouldn't have released it

It was not “an unprecedented wave” but a wave of “white paper movement ” or “color revolution ” well known and covered by western media, isn’t that what they want? End the zero Covid policy and let people out?

Sooooo 2019 again... and It will hit America in Jan or Feb?

Chinese vaccines were failure. Expect a million deaths.

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