The Pharmacy and Drug Control Department in the Ministry of Public Health has issued a notice asking all pharmacies in Qatar to remove products imported from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt and to return them to the dealer, reported The Peninsula.

This follows similar action by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce to remove all items manufactured in the siege nations from Qatari shop shelves.

Following instructions from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), all pharmacies in the country have started removing medicines and cosmetics from blockading countries from its shelfs, reported Qatar Tribune.

Many medicines were replaced immediately with others from different sources. The suppliers of the removed medicines have also started collecting the same from pharmacies.

Inspectors of the Pharmacy and Drug Control Department will inspect all pharmacies to verify if the order has been completely implemented.

The decision will mainly affect medicines and beauty products coming from these countries. Alternative products are already available in the market.

According to doctors, there will not be any problem of shortage in medicines as the supply chain is already in place with big medicine exporters like India, Turkey and countries in Europe.

Distributors are already importing directly from Europe and other producing countries.

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