This will be part of a national protest called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), the apex body representing 12.5 lakh chemists and drug distributors across the country. (Photo Credit- FreePik) More than 35,000 medical shops in Gujarat will remain closed on May 20 as part of the token protest against the online sale of medicines. This will be part of a national protest called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), the apex body representing 12.5 lakh chemists and drug distributors across the country, against what it termed the “illegal business of online sale of medication”. Speaking in Ahmedabad on Thursday, Jaswant Patel, president of the Federation of Gujarat State Chemist and Druggist Associations, said, “During the Covid pandemic, the Government of India had issued a gazette notification allowing online drug delivery to reduce infections through crowding at shops.…