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Today (25th) is in front of E-Mart in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk. In the rain, people with umbrellas stood in a long line, and many people gathered before opening the store to buy masks. One person was allowed to buy 30 pieces, but 50,000 items were prepared in no time. In addition to this 'Mask Disruption', Daegu and Gyeongbuk, it continues throughout the country.

First reporter Han Sang-woo reports.

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A big mart in Seoul. I decided to sell my mask from 3 pm, but I had a long line from the morning.

[Mask purchase citizen: I came early at half past ten. If you don't, you won't be able to buy it again.]

I came here an hour and a half before the sale yesterday and hit three days earlier today.

Ten minutes before mask sales begin.

The line of people who want to buy a mask doesn't look like this and the line keeps getting longer.

[We're going to start selling masks, you can buy up to 10 pieces.]

You can only buy up to 10 per person, and 3,000 of them were ready in 30 minutes.

[Sales volume ended today. Sorry. customer.]

Unlike hypermarkets, which can stand in line, retailers such as pharmacies are more serious.

[Pharmacist: We haven't received a mask supply for two weeks.]

A pharmacy paid in advance to secure a reservation and managed to secure one hundred, with fifteen people waiting to purchase.

[Hyanghyang / Pharmacist: I made a reservation like this mask. I ask for a lot but I can't give much.]

Even if you buy it on the Internet, most of them are out of stock or very expensive.

[Mask Purchasing Citizen: From the beginning, we have to take strong measures and get a system that can do that… .]

For citizens suffering from the daily mask upheaval, the figure is 12 million per day.

(Video coverage: Kim Nam-sung, Video editing: Cho Moo-hwan)

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