Sharks circle as virus scare spreads

23 February 2020 - 05:06 By PENELOPE MASHEGO

As pharmaceutical and health-care companies worldwide battle to meet increasing demand for surgical masks in the midst of global shortages, a potentially lucrative secondary market has cropped up, resulting in prices skyrocketing...

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