China Sees Long Queues At Pharmacies As Demand For Covid Drugs, Test Kits Soar. See Pics

As China grapples with a surge in Covid-19 cases, people are scrambling to buy fever medicines and painkillers to alleviate flu-like symptoms, resulting in serpentine queues outside pharmacies.

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In this image, people are seen queuing to buy medicine at a pharmacy in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province. Locals have complained of sold-out cold medicines and long lines at pharmacies in several Chinese cities. (Source: AFP)

The panic buying is not only limited to China. It has spread outside mainland China's borders, with generic versions of Tylenol and Advil sold out at drugstores in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, CNN reported. (Source: AFP)