Bangkokians rush to stores at 4am for face masks amid fears of shortage
Bangkok residents queued up to buy face masks from the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation’s drug store from 4am on Wednesday (March 4) amid fears of a shortage.
Numerous Thai people panicked because of the return of Thai workers from South Korea, as the government has not announced any quarantine measure for those labourers.
The pharmacist of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation’s drug store near Government Complex said that only 100 persons were allowed to buy face masks and the count started at 7.45am. Each person could purchase only 10 face masks.
A cleaning staffer at Government Complex explained that shortage of face masks in the market had forced her to queue up at the drugstore at 4am or she would not get them.
She also said that the return of Thai labourers who worked illegally in South Korea have raised concerns that the Covid-19 outbreak might be more serious.
