PARIS, March 4 (Reuters) - France will regulate the price of antibacterial gels after prices were reported to have increased heavily since the coronavirus outbreak began, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday.
A decree regulating the price would be published during the day, Le Maire told French BFM Business radio.
A pharmacists' union on Wednesday told franceinfo radio that the price rise was unacceptable, and called for government intervention.
On Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron said stocks of protective masks would be requisitioned.