Amazon bars one million products for false Covid-19 claims

Amazon also removed tens of thousands of deals from merchants that it said attempted to price-gouge customers. The world's largest online retailer has faced scrutiny over the health-related offers on its platform. — AFP

Amazon.com Inc has barred more than one million products from sale in recent weeks that had inaccurately claimed to cure or defend against the coronavirus, the company told Reuters on Feb 27.

Amazon also removed tens of thousands of deals from merchants that it said attempted to price-gouge customers. The world's largest online retailer has faced scrutiny over the health-related offers on its platform, and earlier this week Italy launched a probe into surging prices around the internet for sanitising gels and hygiene masks while it battled the biggest outbreak in Europe.