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However, as the company monopolized the distribution of masks for 1,500 won per sheet, the company and the pharmacies selling them also left huge amounts of money. Then the government actively explained that the story was not true.

Reporter Je Hee Won

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The Ministry of Strategy and Finance unusually distributed the press release today (9th).

The controversy over the government's preference for public mask distributors began to shed light.

PPS contracted with mask manufacturers for unit prices ranging from 900 to 1,000 won per sheet.

This is the distributor of Geoyoung and Baekje Pharm, which supplies pharmacies for 1,100 won per sheet.

If 5.6 million copies are supplied to pharmacies like today, retailers will make a margin of between 500 and 1.1 billion won a day.

[CEO Moo-Kyung / Procurement Officer: In the process of dealing with the nation's rapidly increasing volume, it is difficult to consider it an excessive price considering the increase in logistics and labor costs due to overnight delivery and work.]

In particular, CEO Choo-Young Cho, who supplies public masks for more than 70% of the nation's pharmacies, said, “I have never seen a face as a typical fake news.”

Fireballs were also sold at a pharmacy selling 1,500 won for 1,100 won.

[Kim Jung-Joong / Pharmacist: Due to the problem of having to pay a card fee and paying income tax later, a part of the total sales amount… .]

I'm working at a service level with a lot of trouble with my original job.

Margins controversy arose due to the supply of 'public' secured masks through private pharmacies.

The government believes that pharmacies are much more accessible than resident centers, making them more accessible and efficient in tracking and managing distribution processes.

(Video coverage: Park Seung-won, Video editing: Soyoung Lee, VJ: Kim Jonggap)