Taiwan Mask of shortage Sold by real name system March 3 5:43
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Since the masks have been out of stock at drug stores since late January in Taiwan, the Taiwanese authorities are working to sell masks under real names so that masks can be distributed to the people who need them.
The Taiwanese authorities banned the export of masks from late January in preparation for the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and then increased production by recruiting mask factories and raw materials throughout Taiwan to increase production lines. I am planning.
However, following the drug store, even at convenience stores that sold masks stockpiled by the authorities, sold out quickly continued, and citizens complained strongly that they could not buy necessary people who became ill, etc. The Rebellion "was also featured in the media.
For this reason, authorities have introduced a real-name system for mask sales from 6th of last month, and have begun to buy them at special contract pharmacies if they have public health insurance.
At the time of purchase, the health insurance card is presented, and the day of the week when the mask can be purchased is specified by the ID card number, and the number of purchases at one time is limited. Currently, 2 adults and 4 children can be purchased per week per child.
On the other hand, authorities have called for masks if they have symptoms, but they do not need them for healthy people and outdoor activities, and SNS has given some people to give up masks to people who need them.
Sites and apps that let you know the stock status of each pharmacy
Taiwanese health officials have also released data on mask stock status by pharmacy so that they can find out which pharmacy to buy.
In this situation, Taiwanese engineers combined the published data with a map site on the Internet and launched a site and smartphone app that showed the stock status of masks for each pharmacy at a glance.
There are more than 100 such sites and apps, and you can check the mask sales start time for each pharmacy and the stock status for adults and children, and it is attracting attention as a measure using the Internet.