The National Food and Drug Safety Agency stated on the 7th that as the supply of domestic masks in South Korea stabilizes, the mask purchase restriction system will be officially ended on the 12th of this month, and the mask purchase system will be transferred to the market suppl

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety stated on the 7th that as the supply of domestic masks in South Korea stabilizes, the mask purchase restriction system will be officially ended on the 12th of this month and will be transferred to the market supply system. As a result, consumers will be able to purchase Korean standard KF94 and other masks in unlimited quantities from pharmacies, supermarkets, the Internet and other channels.

Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia in mid-to-late February, South Korea has experienced a serious "mask shortage". For this reason, the South Korean government has successively introduced measures to restrict mask exports, purchase restrictions, and increase production since the end of February. As the epidemic situation in South Korea gradually improves, and the supply of masks gradually stabilizes, the government has gradually relaxed purchase restrictions. It initially limited the purchase of two masks per person per week to the current limit of ten masks per person per week, and finally decided to relax the purchase restrictions on masks.

However, in order to ensure the supply of domestic masks in South Korea, the current export restrictions will still be maintained. The export of surgical masks and anti-droplet masks will continue to be prohibited, but the export volume of medical masks will be allowed to expand from 30% to less than 50% of its total production. .

According to the South Korean health department’s report on the 7th, as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had 44 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the past 24 hours, with a total of 13,181 confirmed cases; 1 new death case, with a total of 285 deaths; a total of 11,914 people were cured and released from isolation. cases, an increase of 66 cases from the previous day.

Source: CCTV News Client