{"id":242331,"date":"2020-01-16T01:19:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T06:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=242331"},"modified":"2020-01-16T01:19:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T06:19:29","slug":"dti-asks-retailers-to-quickly-restock-n95-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/16\/dti-asks-retailers-to-quickly-restock-n95-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"DTI asks retailers to quickly restock N95 masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_242235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242235\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/209034814_aa071f9389_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-242235\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/209034814_aa071f9389_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/209034814_aa071f9389_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/209034814_aa071f9389_b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/209034814_aa071f9389_b-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-242235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lopez particularly cited the firm MedTech which will ship more N95 masks from Taiwan, and will supply 1.2 million surgical masks from its facility in Bataan. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/b0ratdi\/209034814\/\">photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/b0ratdi\/\">phot0geek\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has urged local suppliers and major drug stores to immediately restock N95 masks in Luzon, particularly in Region 4-A and Metro Manila, which are heavily affected by the ashfall from the Taal Volcano eruption.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Among the actions suggested by DTI is bringing the N95 masks supplies from non-affected areas, such as Visayas and Mindanao to Luzon.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cDrug stores which temporarily ran out of supply are now assuring replenishment with no price increase,\u201d DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez told reporters in a text message Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">DTI also asked foreign suppliers to speedily send stocks to the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lopez particularly cited the firm MedTech which will ship more N95 masks from Taiwan, and will supply 1.2 million surgical masks from its facility in Bataan.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">DTI vowed to continue mobilizing its monitoring teams in Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Quezon and Metro Manila to ensure that retailers are not selling overpriced face masks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWhile we recognize that the N95, surgical, and other similar masks as medical supplies are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health (DOH), the DTI readily dispersed its teams to monitor the prices and supply of these masks to assist the DOH and the consumers,\u201d Lopez said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He added the DTI has recommended to the DOH to set suggested retail prices (SRPs) on face masks ranging from PHP45 to PHP105 per piece depending on brands.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has urged local suppliers and major drug stores to immediately restock N95 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":242235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242332,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242331\/revisions\/242332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}