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MP: Medical stores shut in protest of online medicine sale

Bhopal, May 20 (UNI) The All-India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) organized a shutdown of medical stores today, to protest against the growing online sale of medicines and the lack of stricter regulations governing e-pharmacy platforms.

In support of the closure, about 41,000 medical stores across Madhya Pradesh, including more than 3,000 in the state-capital Bhopal, remained closed in protest against the online sale of medicines.
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