Saudi Arabia seizes 5 million hoarded masks as death toll doubles

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Infections rose from 1,203 to 1,299 – the highest in the Gulf region. FMTNews SaudiArabia

Pharmacies in the oil-rich kingdom have reported shortages of masks amid panic buying.

The commerce ministry seized 1.17 million masks from a private store in Hail, northwest of the capital, after authorities Wednesday confiscated more than four million masks stored in a facility in the western city of Jeddah in violation of commercial regulations, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.

Pharmacies in the oil-rich kingdom have reported shortages of masks amid panic buying, as authorities warned against hoarding and price hikes.The kingdom’s health ministry on Sunday said the death toll from the Covid-19 disease had doubled to eight as cumulative infections rose from 1,203 to 1,299 – the highest in the Gulf region.

 

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