Alcohol disinfection products and sanitization sheets are also prohibited from resale by law Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare 12:20 on May 19
At a news conference, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato banned resale on the Internet etc. regarding alcohol disinfection products that are still out of stock due to the spread of new coronavirus infection, and announced that they will be subject to penalties.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato said, "Although we have been working on the request to refrain from selling alcohol disinfection products on the Internet and refraining from selling, the high-priced resale remains unabated. Demand will further increase as economic activities resume in the future. Is expected to be done. "
In addition, he said, "We are revising the government ordinance to add alcohol disinfection products to the subject of resale regulations based on the Act on Measures to Stabilize National Life and are considering penalties for resold people," and ban resale by law. Clarified the policy.
Specifically, in addition to alcohol disinfection products, liquor with a high alcohol concentration and sanitization sheet, which are specially recognized as substitutes for disinfectants, are subject to resale.
Prior to this, the government has banned resale of masks from March this year, and if violated, it will be punished with imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 1 million yen.