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Dangerous products and scams related to Covid-19

Dimitar Margaritov
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Denaturated alcohol sold as disinfectant and hypnosis against coronavirus are some of the dangerous products that have been offered on the Bulgarian market since the beginning of the epidemic, Dimitar Margaritov, chairman of the Bulgarian Commission for Consumer Protection, has told BNR.

According to the EU's Rapid Alert System, the list of the most dangerous products during the past year included masks and disinfectants and 9% of signals received were over products related to Covid-19. "During the crisis, very serious attention is paid to products related to personal protection," Dimitar Margaritov said. He added there were cases when after a signal to the Customs Agency, imports of dangerous personal protective equipment was stopped.




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