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The panic buying of fever-reducing medicines in mainland China has spread to Hong Kong, and chain stores have sold out of many kinds of such drugs, in particular Panadol products. Terence Tang/The Epoch Times
Just a few days ago, Chinese people were being told by their government how serious it was to be infected with COVID-19 and how bad long-COVID symptoms can be.
Then, the Chinese government suddenly relaxed the anti-pandemic policies after intermittent lockdowns had occurred around the country for nearly three years.