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Coronavirus outbreak latest: The pharma sector in India could possibly be faced with shortages in finished drug formulations from April in case the supply chains are not restored by the first week of March. Prices of paracetamol that is commonly used as an analgesic have gone up by 40 percent due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured that prices will not increase in the short term due to disrupted supply from China in the face of the coronavirus epidemic. Addressing the media after talking to industry representatives on Tuesday, the Finance Minister said that the government will soon announce measures to address the impact of coronavirus outbreak on the India Inc.