China - Cities scramble to increase ibuprofen supply to help fever patients infected with Omicron - December 19, 2022

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Chinese cities scramble to increase ibuprofen supply to help fever patients infected with Omicron
By Global TimesPublished: Dec 19, 2022 05:29 PM Updated: Dec 19, 2022 05:26 PM


Officials of the local market regulator inspect medicine supplies at a supermarket in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei Province on December 15, 2022. As demand surges for anti-epidemic products after the optimization of China’s COVID-19 response, authorities are striving to crack down on price hikes and hoarding to stabilize inventory and prices. Photo: VCG

With more people getting infected with the fast spreading Omicron virus, demand for medicine such as ibuprofen has surged, making it one of the hardest to buy pharmaceuticals, but the situation is being eased as more Chinese cities ramp up supply.

Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province, said on Monday that it will release two million ibuprofen tablets into the market every day. Starting from Monday, 153 retail pharmacies will sell tablets that were extracted from boxes, with each consumer able to purchase a maximum of six tablets.

CR Hubei Pharmaceutical Co said over the weekend that a daily supply of three million tablets of ibuprofen will be released in Wuhan, capital of Central China’s Hubei Province, over the course of a week. Among them, 80 percent will be directed to medical institutions, while 20 percent will be distributed to retail pharmacies.

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Chinese localities distribute free drugs to the public, split packages to meet surging demand amid COVID-19 flare-ups
By Global Times
Published: Dec 22, 2022 01:24 AM


With the continuous optimization and adjustment of China's epidemic prevention and control policy, many cities across the country have begun to distribute free drugs including cold and fever medicines to the public and implemented open package dispensing, in a bid to meet spiking demand.

The market regulator in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province organized a total of 18 pharmacies and called for more pharmacies to join the free distribution of fever-reducing drugs. From Wednesday, the administration distributed the first batch of 73,030 fever-reducing pills to local residents, with those in need able to access medication at a nearby pharmacy.

Dongguan in South China's Guangdong Province said that a total of 100,000 ibuprofen tablets had arrived in the city, and will be distributed to 41 state drug stores before Thursday this week, before being made available free of charge for those in need.

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Beijing still quieter than normal but traffic picking up It is liberating to be able to wander into any mall, restaurant, etc w/o the paranoia that scanning your code to get in could lead to red health code & quarantine time. Now, it’s about avoiding the many people coughing
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Medicine shortage still a huge issue. Local versions of Tylenol/Advil are impossible to get. Some areas are rationing sales. Nanjing: customers can buy 6 pills per day. Zhuhai: customers can buy max 6 pills per week
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