Amid coronavirus scare, face masks fly off the shelves of Cebu drugstores

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The Department of Trade and Industry, however, guarantees there is no shortage of face masks in Cebu City. coronavirus nCoV

OUT OF STOCK. Cebu pharmacy runs out of surgical masks. Photo by John Tan Sitchon/Rappler

Pharmacies are implementing a"one box per person" policy in the purchase of face masks to prevent hoarding. David Tumulak, chairperson of the City Council Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, said that pharmacies caught selling overpriced masks will be charged with violating the Consumer’s Act and the Disaster Risk Reduction Law for hoarding.An official statement by DTI representative Dinah Gladys Oro said there should not be a shortage of face masks in Cebu City as supplies for the Central Visayas region directly arrive here from the National Capital Region .

 

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Excuse me? Wala na pong face masks dito sa mga pharmacy. Why? Because some people are buying boxes of mask to resell it. Imagine? 20 pesos per surgical mask? CAN SOMEONE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?

Hinding hindi kayo mawawalan, hindi rin kayo magkakaroon- Sal Panelo

Asa ang mga face masks? Been to drugstores today and puro out of stock? DTI, pls investigate.

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