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Authorities ban street vendors from selling drugs

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    Health authorities in Equatorial Guinea have banned the sale of drugs by street vendors in the town of Bata, AFP reported state radio as saying on Sunday. The government warned the public of the dangers of buying pharmaceutical products on the street and said it would take measures to deal with anyone contravening the ban. Local health officials in Bata, Equatorial Guinea’s economic capital, said street drugs that had expired or which were of unknown origin had been causing unidentifiable illnesses, AFP reported.

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