KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — There are no statistics to back the link between a purported supply shortage of paracetamols in the market to the infectious Omicron variant, the Malaysian Medical Association said.reported the president of the umbrella body for doctors, Dr Koh Kar Chai, saying that while there is an irregularity in the supply of paracetamol in the country, there is however no supply shortage.
“As for increased usage due to the Omicron variant, we know that most cases are either asymptomatic or with mild symptoms.Koh added that the high rate of vaccination may have caused more people to take the said drug for commonly reported mild side effects like fever or body aches.