According to Spanish “20 Minutes” news, after cases appeared one after another in Madrid, Barcelona, Villarreal and other places, the price of local masks has increased even more exaggeratedly. The unit price of FFP2 masks sold in pharmacies has It reaches 300 euros, which is about 2,200 yuan.
Due to strong demand, the price of masks in local online channels has also skyrocketed, with Chinese sellers selling 60 The price of a pack of masks on the local Amazon website has reached 960 euros, which is about 7,400 yuan. The price of a pack of 50 sold by a seller in Hong Kong has reached 800 euros, which is about 6,200 yuan.
01 United States
A mask is 209 yuan, a shortfall of 200 million yuan. Ten million
The United States currently has 30 million N95 medical masks in stock, but it is estimated that the United States needs 300 million masks, and there is currently a gap of 270 million.
According to CCTV news, major online e-commerce platforms such as Amazon are currently out of stock, and offline pharmacies are also out of stock. The reporter visited many offline pharmacies and all of them were empty. It is impossible to buy masks. American people interviewed by the reporter said that the local price of masks is ridiculously high, 5 pieces are 149 US dollars, which is nearly 209 yuan per piece in RMB. Moreover, many pharmacies are out of stock, and customers cannot buy them at such a high price. arrive.
According to a report from the US CBS affiliated TV station KHOU, at the Holcombe Medical Equipment Store, an N95 mask sells for US$20 (approximately RMB 140) to US$25 (approximately RMB 140). (total RMB 175). The person in charge said that the price increase was due to the shortage of masks.
02 Japan
Customers grabbed masks and a dispute broke out
According to Japan Jiji News Agency, with the spread of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the supply of masks across Japan is seriously insufficient. Although Japanese mask manufacturers have increased their production capacity to three times the usual level, they are still unable to meet public demand.
In front of many drugstores, people can be seen queuing up to buy masks early in the morning, and some customers even get into disputes because of the rush to buy masks.
On the 25th, a fight broke out at the entrance of a drugstore in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, over a scramble for masks. That day, there were many people queuing up before the drug store even opened. According to the person who shot the video, a dispute broke out when someone seemed to be trying to cut in line.
Long queues for masks appeared in many places in Seoul, South Korea. Although many people arrived early in the morning, they still failed to buy masks. Some people and There was an argument among the store clerks, and some people covered their faces and cried. The epidemic continues to escalate, and people are becoming more and more cynical, triggering a “mask panic.”
According to Yonhap News Agency, Kim, a 57-year-old Korean, went to many public sales points such as the post office to buy masks, but in the end she still found nothing. Tears said: “Yesterday, my husband and I waited for more than an hour and couldn’t buy a mask. I was so sad. My immunity is very weak and I am taking immunity medicine. I don’t have a mask, which is like a lifeline. I am very angry and very sad.” depressed”.
03 The French government announced
a nationwide requisition of masks!
On March 4, the French government issued a decree requiring the requisition of all FFP2 types (equivalent to domestic N95 types) held and produced by public legal entities and private individuals before May 31. ) Respiratory protective masks and medical disposable masks.
Macron has already announced through social networks that “We will requisition all production and stock protective masks and distribute them to medical staff and those in France affected by the new coronavirus.” people”. French Health Minister Veran said on the same day that France has now put 10 million medical masks into pharmacies across the country, and will use 15 million to 20 million stock masks this week depending on the situation. French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire also said that France “does not have a supply problem and there is no risk of material shortages.”
However, masks and other protective products have long been out of stock in French general pharmacies, and the prices of some inventories have increased several times. In recent days, cases of mask theft have occurred in hospitals in Nice, Marseille, Paris and other places.
04 Iran
The price of masks increased 30 times
According to Phoenix News, masks are now very expensive and hard to find in Iran. The current price of masks is 330,000 Iranian Rials (approximately RMB 66), which has increased 30 times for one mask. In addition, not only masks, many supermarkets in Delan have been sold out in the past two days.
05 Italy
The price of masks increased 100 times
Italy’s “24 Hours Sun” reported that an Italian company specializing in the production of professional medical masks to protect the respiratory tract said that the company used up its 10-year mask inventory in 10 days and received orders for tens of millions of masks every day. . Now in the windows of many pharmacies in northern Italy, all you can see is a notice posted – “Masks sold out.”
Milan Deputy Prosecutor Tiziana Siciliano said, “The online price of masks has increased from 10 euros (approximately RMB 0.76) to 10 euros (approximately RMB 76.2). yuan), while a one-liter bottle of disinfectant last week cost 7 euros and cost 39 euros.”
06 China
The production capacity of masks has been greatly improved
On March 2, the National Development and Reform Commission stated that the daily production capacity of masks reached110 million pieces, with daily output reaching 116 million pieces! It effectively alleviates the protection needs of front-line medical staff and further ensures national epidemic prevention and control!
For the country, good news can be said to be coming one after another! Domestic meltblown cloth production has increased, and the mask production capacity has exceeded 100 million, effectively alleviating the market shortage!
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