The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced today (16th) that the mask appeared to be settled to more people after the 'Public Mask Purchasing 5 Subsystem' was implemented.

According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, five subtitles with different purchase dates for each day of the week depending on the end of the year of birth were implemented from the 9th through the 15th through the 15th to the 15th, through pharmacies and Nonghyup Hanaro Mart (excluding Seoul and Gyeonggi), through public dealers such as Eup and Myeon post offices. A total of 4,847,22,000 public masks were supplied.

The supply volume increased by more than 15.65 million sheets from the 3,340,9 thousand sheets in the week (March 2-8) prior to the implementation of the 5-part system.

In particular, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety explained that more people were buying masks by limiting their purchases to two per person with a five-part mask purchase and increasing the supply of pharmacies.

Prior to the implementation of the 5-sub system, about 100 sheets were supplied to each pharmacy, but after the implementation, the supply was expanded to 250 sheets per pharmacy, allowing 125 people to purchase without duplicates.

As a result, about 131.3 million people bought public masks at public dealerships for a week (March 9-15) after the implementation of the five-part system.

The government is making efforts to expand the supply of masks by increasing domestic production in line with the surge in demand for health masks.

Thanks to this, the average daily production increased from around 3 million in 2019 (estimated) to around 13 million as of March 2020.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Affairs is encouraging the company to convert and produce products that require more masks (KF94) than those that require more mask subsidiary materials (MB filter) (KF80), and quickly process permits due to changes in raw materials such as filters. I was doing it.

The government supports rapid imports by streamlining the customs clearance procedures for import masks to help stabilize domestic supply and demand.

In order to resolve the shortage of masks caused by the spread of new coronavirus infections (corona19), the government started Monday on the 6th of the birth year, Tuesday on the 6th of February, Wednesday on the 3rd of 8th, and Thursday on the 4th and 9th of September. On Friday, May 0, the public dealers are implementing the 'Mask 5 Subtitle', which allows you to purchase 2 public masks per person per week.

On behalf of children (born after inclusion in 2010), the elderly (born before 1940), and recipients of long-term care benefits, the inhabitants of the resident registration injured person show the official identification card of the surrogate purchaser, a resident registration card (both with the resident registration number), and a long-term care certificate. If you give it, you can make a proxy purchase.

The government recently decided on whether to expand the number of surrogate purchasers through discussions with related ministries, considering the need for surrogate purchases among the recipients of national veterans.

According to the public mask sales data disclosure, you can check the public mask sales status in advance through a mask information app or web page developed by a private company such as a portal or startup.

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