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The shortage is being chalked up to unusually high demand due to COVID-19, a worse flu season than usual, and supply issues owing to factors like labour shortages and lockdowns in China, preventing the flow of certain ingredients and packaging.
Just as cold and flu season arrives, many Vancouver Island residents are noticing medicine shelves at pharmacies are bare, especially for items like kid s cough medicine.
It s a problem that s being felt across the region.