Government limits purchases of fever and flu meds as retailers run out of stock

People queue outside a drug store in Quiapo, Manila on Sunday night, Jan. 2, 2022 following reports of a shortage paracetamol and other fever medicines.

The STAR / Miguel De Guzman

MANILA, Philippines — The departments of health and of trade and industry have set a purchase limit on basic medicines to try to give more people access to them as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.

Joint Memorandum Circular No. 22-01 "enjoins" retailers to limit sales of 500 mg tablets of Paracetamol to 20 per person or at 60 per household.

Phenylephrine hydrochloride + Chlorpheniramine Maleate + Paracetamol tablets and Carbocisteine capsules also have the same purchase limits.

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