S. Korea toughens monitoring against hoarding of protective masks
South Korea said Thursday it will toughen monitoring ( )against hoarding of protective masks and hand sanitizers ( )as the new coronavirus outbreak ( )has sparked ( )a sharp rise in demand.
The central disaster headquarters said it is pushing forward measures to mandate ( )that manufacturers and wholesalers ( )of face masks and hand sanitizers report to the government before shipping or selling their products.
Under the planned ( ) measures ( ), all manufacturers have to report to the government every day on the amount delivered in the domestic ( )market as well as the export amount to the overseas market.
"Stern ( ) judicial ( )actions will be taken against those who commit illegal activities such as failing to report or falsely reporting the amount through a pan-government crackdown ( )," Kim Gang-lip, deputy ( )head of the central disaster headquarters, said in a briefing ( ).
The measures come amid heightened concerns over prolonged ( )shortages of the products, with some business owners being fined ( )for their unfair business practices ( ).
The government has said that market manipulation ( )of protective masks, such as price rigging ( ), will be treated as an administrative ( )and criminal offense.
The supply of facial masks has fallen far short of demand due mainly to hoarding of protective goods in anticipation ( )of higher prices, with industry watchers blaming Chinese tourists and merchants for going on a buying binge ( )here to protect themselves from the coronavirus.
The new coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in mid-December last year. South Korea confirmed four more cases of novel coronavirus infections, bringing the total here to 23, as of ( / )early Thursday.
南韓加強稽查囤積口罩
在新型冠狀病毒爆發所引發的需求大幅增加時，南韓於週四時表示會強化監控口罩及洗手乳的囤積行為。
南韓中央災害總部表示，正推動措施，要求口罩和手部殺菌消毒劑的製造商與批發商，在運送或出售其產品前，先通報政府。
根據所規劃的措施，所有製造商必須每天向政府通報在國內市場的運送量，以及對海外市場的出口量。
中央災害總部副首長金剛立在簡報時說，「將對從事違法活動者，採取嚴厲的司法行動，諸如未通報或謊報數量」。
這些措施是用來因應受到上述產品因延長短缺期間所引起的更多關注，而有些商家也因為不當的商業手段遭到了罰款。
南韓政府提到，對於口罩的市場操作，像是哄抬價格，會被認定是違法行政法及刑法。
口罩的供應比需求短少了很多，主要是因為有囤積此類商品以期能用更高的價格販售，且產業觀察家們也抨擊中國遊客及商家前來掃貨口罩對抗新型冠狀病毒。
新型冠狀病毒是自去年十二月中起首先在中國的武漢被偵測到，而南韓在截至週四早上，確診了四位新型冠狀病毒的感染案例，讓該國的確診人數來到了23例。
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