The short supply of medicines especially at certain pharmacies and private health facilities is not due to panic buying by members of the public, said Khairy Jamaluddin.<br /><br />The Health Minister said that on Thursday (June 9), and clarified that this followed the high demand for certain medications following the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 earlier and the rising cases of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) now.<br /><br />Khairy added that the situation is not nationwide as it only involved several locations and certain medicines and he assured the supply of medicines in the country is adequate.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
