South Korea has a limit of 2 per person per week. ?
As global epidemics spread and escalate, many overseas countries have reformulated the situation where masks are hard to come by. According to a CBS report, there has been a recent phenomenon of people lining up at medical equipment stores in Houston, Texas, to buy masks, with the price of a single N95 mask rising to $20. Amazon and other e-commerce masks have been snapped up, and even unethical traders have raised the price of the masks to $1,000. Trump, who had previously concluded that the danger of an epidemic was relatively low, is also changing his caliber, the source said. Some officials have revealed that the administration has indicated that it may or may not consider using the Wartime Act to expand the production of masks and protective equipment. Currently, there is a shortfall of 270 million medical masks in the United States.
And, the mask emergency is spreading across countries. Among them, South Korea's demand for masks has increased by up to 7,650 percent, and the government has announced oversight of the export of masks. Italy began restricting the purchase of masks, and Japan accelerated the expansion of its production capacity. According to the World Health Organization, global demand for protective gear such as masks has surged more than 100-fold. According to Korean media, the supply of masks is becoming a problem as a new case of coronary pneumonia spreads in Korea. The South Korean government held an intermediate state meeting on the 5th to ensure a stable supply of masks.
South Korean Prime Minister Ding Se-joon said at the meeting on the same day that the masks will be prioritized for medical, epidemic prevention and safety sites, and the rest will be fairly distributed to South Korean nationals. To prevent duplicate purchases by pharmacies, post offices and Nongdaemart, the government will set up an identity verification system and ban the export of masks in principle. According to the report, for the first 6 to 8 days, each person can buy up to 2 masks. From 9 onwards, the masks will be purchased in batches according to the year of birth. People born in odd-numbered years will be able to buy masks only on odd-numbered dates, and people born in even-numbered years will be able to buy masks only on even-numbered dates, with a weekly limit of 2 per person. In addition, the government has decided to increase the proportion of masks sold through public **** channels, such as pharmacies, Nongdaeng Supermarkets, and post offices, to more than 80%, from the current 50%, which is about 10 million to 14 million.