With the world's major medicine producers in lockdown, dangerous counterfeit drugs are on the rise.
Growing numbers of fake medicines linked to coronavirus are on sale in developing countries, the World Health Organization has warned.
From Malaysia to Mozambique, police officers confiscated tens of thousands of counterfeit face masks and fake medicines, many of which claimed to be able to cure coronavirus.Last month Interpol seized 34,000 counterfeit and substandard surgical masks "But worst-case scenario they'll actively cause harm, because they might be contaminated with something toxic."The global pharmaceutical industry is worth more than $1 trillion. Vast supply chains stretch all the way from key manufacturers in places such as China and India, to packaging warehouses in Europe, South America or Asia, to distributors sending medicines to every country in the world.
One producer in Pakistan said he used to buy the raw ingredients for an antimalarial drug called hydrochloroquine for about $100 a kilo. But today, the cost has increased to $1,150 a kilo.President Trump has touted the efficacy of hydrochloroquine - but there's no clear evidence it can help fight Covid-19
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