Pharmacies are limiting purchases of kid's ache relief medication as respiratory illnesses proceed spreading all through the United States, together with the flu, RSV, and COVID-19.
CVS Pharmacy put a two-product restrict on purchases of all kid's ache relief merchandise in shops and online.
"We’re dedicated to assembly our customers’ wants and are working with our suppliers to make sure continued entry to those items," a CVS spokesperson told Fox Business.
Walgreens, meanwhile, is limiting customers to 6 purchases of ache medication for kids online, however there's no restrict at retail stores. A Walgreens spokesperson told Fox Business that the brand new restrict is because of each elevated consumer demand and provide challenges.
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Health officers across the nation have been warning about an unusually early and extreme flu season. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a telebriefing earlier this month that ranges of medical visits with respiratory signs were excessive or very excessive in forty seven jurisdictions in late November.
"Respiratory viruses proceed to unfold at excessive ranges nationwide, and even in areas the place RSV could also be decreasing, our hospital systems proceed to be stretched with excessive numbers of sufferers with different respiratory illnesses," Walensky said.
