China News Service, May 19, according to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report on the 19th, due to the expansion of the new crown epidemic, the shortage of alcohol disinfection supplies in Japan continues. In response, Japan's Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Kato Sashin said that it would use legal means to ban the reselling of alcohol disinfection supplies on platforms such as the Internet.
On May 4, local time, pedestrians walked past the Olympic countdown electronic screen near Tokyo Station in Japan. China News Agency reporter Lu Shaowei
Kato said, "Regarding the phenomenon of selling alcohol disinfection products on the Internet platform, although the government has previously called on the people to restrain themselves, it has imposed restrictions on it, but the phenomenon of high price reselling is still emerging."
He also said that the government is currently discussing amendments to the relevant decree. According to the "National Emergency Measures for the Stability of National Life", alcohol disinfection supplies will be added to the objects of scalping restrictions, and punishment will be imposed on those who carry out scalping.
In addition, in addition to alcohol disinfection supplies, the recently approved disinfectant substitute "high alcohol content alcohol" will also be included in the list of banned reselling. According to reports, there are precedents for such bans. In March, the Japanese government has ordered a ban on reselling masks.
According to the latest statistics from the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), the number of confirmed cases in Japan has increased to 16,391, with a total of 773 deaths.