With the emerging cases of coronavirus around the world, there has been a sudden increase in the number of companies taking to the online medium to sell their products like face masks, hand sanitizers, gloves, and sprays amongst other products purporting to prevent the disease. To tackle the issue, Amazon has now started restricting the types of sellers on its third-party Marketplace platform that can sell these health and sanitation products.

According to The Verge, the decision is an attempt by Amazon to fight against price gouging and deceptive marketing on its e-commerce platform due to the ongoing concerns surrounding the Coronavirus outbreak. Amazon had even sent out a note to sellers on Wednesday addressing them about the company’s decision.

The note intimated the sellers stating that they are receiving the message because they are currently selling, or have previously sold, products such as disposable face masks, hand sanitizers, disinfecting wipes/sprays, isopropyl alcohol or related products. The note added that the company has implemented more stringent requirements to sell those products on its e-commerce platform, because of which their offers had to be removed. It further added that Amazon is not accepting applications to sell such products at the time.