(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The government has decided to impose price control on masks.
Due to the demand for face masks have increased as the first case of coronavirus was reported in the country and the Consumers complain that certain sells medical face masks at excessive rates.
Many pharmacists state that they are running out of stock already.
The Minister Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi said that the decision was taken on the advice of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
