TOKYO -- The Japanese government has requested that drugstores and other retailers take steps to prevent hoarding of fever medications and painkillers used to treat the symptoms of COVID-19.
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Japan asks drugstores to prevent medicine hoarding by tourists
Government fears COVID-hit Chinese visitors might disrupt painkiller supply
Drugstores in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan are being asked to prevent the hoarding of over-the-counter medicines by foreign tourists. (Photo by Keigo Yoshida)
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