As Argentina contends with a dengue fever outbreak, mosquito repellent has been sold out in nearly all stores in Buenos Aires and is selling online for as much as 10 times the retail value.
A total of 22,320 bottles of mosquito repellent donated by Mexico arrived Monday in Argentina where the product has become increasingly scarce amid a soaring number of dengue fever cases, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Shelves have gone empty, as residents hunt in vain and resort to DIY alternatives. And surging resale prices are shocking even to Argentines accustomed to triple-digit inflation. The country s latest crisis: There isn t enough mosquito repellent.
In times of triple-digit inflation, Argentines are used to seeing prices for household goods skyrocket, but even they are shocked by the cost of this season’s must-have item: mosquito repellent.