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In the face of the mask supply crisis, the government is unpacking the mask. I told you that things would be better today (29th) or tomorrow, but many people still went back to empty hands while waiting for a mask today.

I am Park Won-kyung.

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It is in front of a department store in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul. Citizens who came to buy masks filled the street today.

The same thing is happening for three days.

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Up to five masks can be used per person per day.

[If you buy, please take the stamp.]

[Lee Jin-kyung / Seoul Guro-gu: I'll wait for you tomorrow. There is no place to live. Little kids say they don't have masks, but I want them to release a lot.]

The government today said it has supplied 4.48 million masks to pharmacies and Hanaro Mart across the country.

[Yang Jin-Young / Deputy Director of Food and Drug Safety: Where you can buy masks during the weekends are Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi pharmacies and Happy Department Store in Seoul.]

However, pharmacies only supply up to 100 sheets per day, so it's easy to get lost in the short run.

[Pharmacist: I don't have a mask. I came in 100 this morning and I'm out. (What do you do?) Please come on Monday.]

After nearly 30 minutes' drive, the citizens who only bought five masks expressed their feelings of mask turmoil.

[Seoul Gangseo-gu: Where are the masks that are produced so much? You can't buy a mask anywhere. (Policy) I hope the presenters come over here and buy some masks. Don't write about what others give you.]

In the meantime, police were arrested to collect 64,000 masks or to take 20,000 masks overseas.

(Video coverage: Jang Un-seok, Kim Myung-gu, Video editing: Lee Seung-jin)