Masks protecting from Corona – Lobbies seize the stock in Morocco
Hespress – Abdel Rahim Al Asri
09:00
With the Corona virus approaching the borders of the Kingdom of Morocco, companies working in the pharmaceutical and drug sector began buying ample quantities of medical masking masks from the deadly virus in order to store and raise their prices, prompting pharmaceutical unions to sound the alarm about these unethical practices.
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Amine Bouzouba, Secretary General of the Confederation of Moroccan Pharmacists Syndicates, confirmed that private Moroccan companies purchase very large quantities of medical masks that protect against “Corona” virus from pharmacies and medical stores in the Kingdom and export them to countries that witness the widespread spread of this virus.
The pharmacist himself revealed, in a statement to Hespress, that “there are companies that seized the national market from the Corona masks and exported them outside Morocco, knowing that the rate of export of these medical supplies must be reasonable and take into account national needs.”
In his statement, the General Writer of the Confederation of Moroccan Pharmacists Syndicates confirmed the presence of an alarming specialization in medical masks to the extent that pharmacies no longer find “masks” in stores, stating that “if you go today to the pharmacy, there will be no masks sold.”
According to the same data, companies have made unethical speculation in order to raise the prices of these masks after seizing them, but more than that were exported to China, the stronghold of the deadly virus.
Bouzoubaa pointed out that the Chinese customs authorities arrested some Moroccan speculators and refused to enter “Moroccan masks” on its territory for fear of carrying the virus.
The writer-general of the Confederation of Moroccan Pharmacists Syndicates stressed that “Morocco is far from such illegal practices, and to this day our country and not one case have not been registered,” criticizing the spread of these speculations on the market before the outbreak of the epidemic in Morocco.
In his statement, the same source warned of these “immoral, greedy and unacceptable practices”.
And the Ministry of Health declared, according to an official source, a “maximum” state of emergency to confront the possible spread of the deadly “Corona” epidemic, especially since the disease is known to spread tremendously. The Ministry of Health to activate health monitoring.