{"id":89517,"date":"2020-01-29T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=89517"},"modified":"2020-05-15T20:28:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T01:28:31","slug":"china-embraces-face-masks-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/china-embraces-face-masks-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"China Embraces Face Masks Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jenny Ly <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\"> As the coronavirus continues to spread around China and other parts of Asia, Chinese cities are reportedly running out of face masks used as a preventative measure.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"China Embraces Face Masks Shortages\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/417051876?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Even thousands of miles away in Chicago&#8217;s very own Chinatown, local pharmacies are experiencing the same problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are many customers coming here everyday, and the majority are buying face masks, much more than than normal just coming for medication,&#8221; said Glenn Balas, manager of Peace Pharmacy. <\/p>\n<p>As of Jan. 29, there is only one confirmed case of COVID-19 in Illinois and 165 cases nationwide in the U.S. according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/cases-updates\/cases-in-us.html\">Center for Disease Control<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: A pharmacy technician holds a box of face masks at a pharmacy in Chinatown. 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