mask sales surge by 60% due to smog

by:Yovog     2023-09-07
After the pollution rose last year, some pharmacies confirmed that they had already stocked food on masks before Diwali, but due to the cookie ban, due to smog, air quality in India has fallen to alarming levels, with pharmacies and retail mask dealers doing a lot of business in masks and air purifiers.
In fact, pharmacies across the city, sales have increased by 60% in the past few days alone.
After rising pollution last year, some pharmacies confirmed that they had stocked masks before Diwali, but sales were still low due to the cookie ban.
But they say sales have only just picked up since Wednesday, so that some pharmacies are even selling their shares last year.
\"I sold more than 180 masks on Wednesday, and considering my mask is a small shop in a residential area, it\'s a big number,\" said Sanjay Kapoor, a chemist in western Delhi.
Despite the wide variety of masks, doctors recommend that the N95 is the most effective for pollution in Delhi as they can stop PM 2. 5 as well.
The price of these masks is between Rs 300 and Rs 2,000, which is the most in demand, and many pharmacists say they are out of stock.
Surgical masks can be used anywhere between 20-300 rupees, but doctors are not suitable for use in high-pollution areas.
\"In the past year, even in normal days, the sales of masks have increased, but in the past three days, I have sold masks worth Rs.
Retail and wholesale accounted for 95,000.
I believe Delhi has sold a few lakh masks this week.
\"Online sales have also increased because some of my customers have also purchased masks online,\" said Suresh Verma, a mask wholesaler at Laxmi Nagar . \".
At the same time, more than 2,000 free masks were distributed to security personnel at subway stations and airports, but these free masks are surgical masks and are not very effective in pollution control.
However, doctors warn that all masks can protect the drexite people from pollution.
\"We all need to understand that sales of N95 masks and air purifiers have increased over the past few days due to pollution and may not be able to provide a full range of services
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