Mom Offers Over $1,400 for Bottle of Ibuprofen in China as COVID Outbreak Worsens

Mom Offers Over $1,400 for Bottle of Ibuprofen in China as COVID Outbreak Worsens
A notice reading "Ibuprofen sold out" is displayed on the door of a pharmacy in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China, on Dec. 20, 2022. VCG/VCG via Getty Images
Nathan Su
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Chinese all around the world are sending pain and fever relief medicine to mainland China despite the country being the world’s largest manufacturer of the non-prescription drugs.

China supplies about one third of the world’s Ibuprofen, which along with other fever and pain medicines, is in short supply now due to the current COVID outbreak in China. The shortages are putting a strain on Chinese residents.