As COVID–19 cases continue to surge in China, soaring demand for Western-developed treatments have led some citizens to turn to the black market
, soaring demand for Western-developed treatments have led some citizens to turn to the black market. That trend was on display this weekend when HK$600,000 worth of illegally imported drugs bound for the mainland were seized by Hong Kong customs officials.
Officers discovered medicines—mostly intended for the treatment of COVID-19 to be sold on the mainland—in the luggage of three travelers arriving from India and Thailand, theTwo local men returning from Thailand on Sunday were arrested for holding around 9,000 tablets of Primovir, an Indian-made generic version of Paxlovid, which is not a licensed treatment in Hong Kong or the mainland.
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