Pharmacy group Dis-Chem says it reaped the benefits of consumers’ increased interest in preventing disease, reporting “remarkable growth” in the sale of vitamins and chronic drugs in response to the coronavirus pandemic over the past few months.

Consumers have been taking vitamins in a bid to be healthier as they feel it will reduce their risk of contracting the virus or help them recover after becoming ill...

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