Some nose mask traders in the Eastern Capital, Koforidua, have expressed their worry about patronage after President Akufo-Addo’s, no longer mandatory wearing of nose mask directive last Sunday.
President Akufo-Addo on Sunday, March 27 declared that wearing of face mask is no longer mandatory, during his 28th COVID-19 Update, to ease restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the virus.
In an interview with mybrytfmonline.com news reporter, some nose traders have complained bitterly that due to the non-mandatory wearing of face masks, customers have stopped purchasing the product.
“After Akufo-Addo’s directive, my customers have stopped buying nose masks. As I sit here, I haven’t made sales up to 10gh. Times are hard for me now. When the mandatory wearing of nose masks was in existence, I used to make up to 200gh sales a day, but now things are really tough for me’, one trader said.
‘Things are not easy now after the president eased the restriction on nose masks. I had a lot of them in the house, so I have decided to slump the price from 20gh for a pack to 7gh. I don’t have an option, man must still eat regardless and for me to make a 100% loss, I have decided to let them go for a very affordable price. Even at this price, people still want it as low as 5gh, which I give in sometimes”, another trader added.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Quarshie, senior research fellow and deputy director in charge of research at the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) has advised Ghanaians to continue to wear face masks when in crowded areas, despite loosening the pandemic measures.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom/Joseph Asare
