Now one of the main issues is to avoid unnatural price increases in pharmacies and other places of trade. Because the shortage of masks has already led to an unnatural increase in prices, and in some cases, the masks were sold from below.

Axar.az reports that the statement came from President Ilham Aliyev while addressing the opening ceremony of a medical mask production plant established by Baku Textile Factory LLC in Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park together with First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva.

"These cases should not be allowed at all, and the relevant government agencies should apply a very strict control mechanism. If there is an artificial increase in prices, those involved will be severely punished. In the current pandemic, such steps will be considered treason," he said.