Pharmaceutical wholesaler, speaks of the ghostly Situation in the mask market

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The supply of medical masks, according to a report by the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" in Germany, more poor. The pharmaceutical wholesaler reports, therefore, of the empty Warehouses. "Even though we have increased our stocks exceeds the demand, currently the Angebot", the newspaper quoted the wholesalers Go. The company was only "partially lieferfähig".

The market leader in Phoenix explained soon, he was in respiratory protection masks "largely ausverkauft". Also, the pharmacists Association, confirmed the mask of lack, but of hope. "The supply situation for mouth protection and masks is schwierig", the reason is that the demand had increased because of the mounting force mask mandatory in Parts of the Public, a spokeswoman said. The number of manufacturers to take it, however, the Situation is likely to "perspective more verbessern".

The mask market is the sheet that become so messy that even analysts have lost track. More and more masks will be sold, therefore, without a so-called pharmaceutical Central number and cannot be tracked by market researchers such as the company Gesdat. "We don’t know anything. We have verloren&quot the track;, a spokesman for the Pharmaceutical said a wholesaler at Alliance Healthcare, one of the Gesdat. It was a "spooky Situation".

The defect mainly affects the consumer. Doctors, hospitals, and nursing facilities are supplied by the Federal government. The Ministry of health has distributed, according to the report, to Friday, approximately 133 million masks, or placed in storage.

As of Monday, the Wearing of breathing is nationwide protective masks in public transport and while shopping duty. This so-called Community-masks ranging from, for example, self-stitched copies. A medical, breathing protection masks, however, is not mandatory. This should be left to the medical and nursing personnel.

Also the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI), the wear at the beginning of the crisis, the Mask is extremely skeptical of, you can now Wear a mouth-nose cover as "additional Baustein", in order to reduce the speed of propagation of Covid-19 in the population.  

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