Tough action coming after claims of antibiotics sold at grocery

PETALING JAYA: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has promised more prompt aggressive measures following a social media post claiming that an antibiotic, azithromycin, was being openly sold at a grocery store in Johor. In his reply to the post, Dzulkefly said the ministry’s Pharmacy Division will take aggressive measures promptly.

“Thanks for the alert @hafezfirdaus. This is extremely terrible... AMR (antimicrobial resistance)!”