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Category Impact: Hand Sanitizers
The Coronavirus, Covid-19, outbreak has led to a huge uptick in the demand for hand sanitizers globally. The major CPG players are ramping up their production and optimizing their supply chains to cater to the sudden spike in demand.

Category Scan: Drug Shortages and Export Restriction
As China continues to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, the tension has reduced among global pharma players. After a break of nearly two months, China has restarted its pharmaceutical operations under strict safety measures.

Category Impact of COVID – 19: Masks
Currently, Chinese face mask manufacturers are mainly producing to meet domestic demand. Besides general masks, the daily manufacturing capacity of the critical N95 masks has grown from about 200,000 to 1.6 million units.

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