Market regulators across China have stepped up crackdown on price hikes for epidemic-related products, in a bid to meet surging demand and protect consumers legal rights.
In the three-year-long fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, more Chinese people have become aware of the importance of traditional Chinese medicine, which has proven to be quite effective in treating the disease. The authorities have explicitly applied TCM treatment and prevention methods in the fight against COVID-19. Provinces such as Shandong and Sichuan have even drafted specific TCM prevention and control protocols. Chinese patented medicines such as Lianhua Qingwen capsules are so much in demand that they have gone out of stock.
Sick individuals are reportedly having difficulty accessing medications for colds and flu from drug stores, as a fresh COVID-19 surge is feared in China.
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