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China opens borders, says Covid’s peaked amid drug shortage, hospital crisis and XBB variant

Inside China

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How Much Are People Paying for a Box of Paxilovid?

Sing Lu: Medical facilities are overwhelmed in some parts of China. People turn to social media platforms, including like doing TikTok and WeChat on Do-ing. They were just searching for all kinds of tips in terms of how to get different kinds of drugs from India. But this is actually a black market because the Indian generic drugs are not authorized in Chinese markets.

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