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China’s COVID Outbreak Linked to Widespread Shortage of Over-the-Counter Drugs

China’s COVID Outbreak Linked to Widespread Shortage of Over-the-Counter Drugs
Cold medicine has run out at a pharmacy amid the COVID outbreak in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022. Yuxuan Zhang/AFP via Getty Images
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Amid China’s major COVID-19 outbreak, panic buying of pain relievers and fever medicines has led to shortages in the country and abroad. Experts say the current rate of infections could breed new virus variants and threaten the international community.

Jenny Li has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2010. She has reported on Chinese politics, economics, human rights issues, and U.S.-China relations. She has extensively interviewed Chinese scholars, economists, lawyers, and rights activists in China and overseas.
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