With the spread and escalation of the global epidemic, many overseas countries have reformulated the situation that masks are hard to find. According to CBS, recently, people queued to buy masks in medical equipment stores in Houston, Texas, and the price of a single N95 mask rose to $20. E-commerce masks such as Amazon have been snapped up, and even unscrupulous merchants have raised the price of masks to $65,438+0,000. According to the news, Trump's previous conclusion is that the risk of the epidemic is relatively low, and he is also changing his caliber. According to some officials, the government indicated that it might consider using wartime laws to expand the production of masks and protective equipment. At present, there are 270 million gaps in medical masks in the United States.

And the emergency of masks has spread in various countries. Among them, the demand for masks in South Korea increased by 7650% at most, and the government announced the supervision of mask exports. Italy began to restrict the purchase of masks, and Japan accelerated the expansion of production capacity. According to the data of the World Health Organization, the global demand for protective equipment such as masks has surged 100 times. According to Korean media reports, the supply of masks is becoming a problem due to the spread of new type of coronary pneumonia in South Korea. In order to ensure the stable supply of masks, the South Korean government held an intermediate state meeting on the 5th.

Ding Shijun, Prime Minister of South Korea, said at the meeting that the masks will be given priority in medical treatment, epidemic prevention and safety places, and the rest will be distributed to Korean nationals fairly. In order to prevent pharmacies, post offices and agricultural supermarkets from buying again, the government will establish an identity verification system and prohibit the export of masks in principle. According to reports, in the first 6 to 8 days, everyone can buy up to 2 masks. From the 9th, masks will be purchased in batches according to the year of birth. People born in odd years can only buy masks on odd days, and people born in even years can only buy masks on even days, and each person is limited to two masks per week. In addition, the government has decided to increase the proportion of masks sold through public channels such as pharmacies, agricultural supermarkets and post offices from the current 50% to over 80%, which is about10 to14 million.