FAS will publish the results of monitoring of prices for medicines and masks

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FAS plans to regularly publish the results of monitoring of prices for medicines and medical masks in a special section on its website. This was announced by the head of the Department for control over social sphere and trade FAS Timothy Nizhegorodtsev.

According to him, today the monitoring of prices of medicines and personal protective equipment is a common work related inspections.

“we Have on the website of the FAS now has to be arranged a special section in which we will put the information with the results of the monitoring”, – quotes the words Nizhegorodtsev TASS.

Earlier it was reported that the FAS will inspect the pharmacies, overprice products amid reports about the spread of Chinese coronavirus. The Ministry reported that for the unjustified increase in the cost of masks pharmacies will be punished by fines.

in addition, Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded to revoke the license of a pharmacy found to be speculation.

As RIA Novosti reported, the health Ministry pointed out the lack of mass violations related to overcharges on medical masks. The data is based on the latest inspections of pharmacies.

the Increased demand for antivirals and personal medical mask due to the epidemic of the coronavirus COVID-19, which became the reason of mass disease a new form of pneumonia. The first cases recorded in Wuhan city of Hubei province in China in December 2019. As of February 12 victims of the disease were more than a thousand people, with 44.6 thousand infected.

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