Face masks, hand sanitizers sold out in Lagos following Coronavirus scare

Face masks, hand sanitizers and head masks are now scarce in most supermarkets and pharmacy shops in Lagos state as the Nigerian government on Friday confirmed the first Coronavirus case in the state.

A visit to most pharmacy shops and supermarkets on Lagos mainland areas such as Surulere, Ikeja, Agege and Ogba by our reporters on Friday shows that the products were bought off the shelfs early Friday morning by residents in the respective areas. When our reporters visited major marts such as Shoprite, Spar, Medplus, Healthrite – all located in Adeniran Ogunsanya Mall in Surulere area of the state, none has hand sanitizer and facemask as early as 9:47am today.

A shop attendant at the mall, who craved anonymity, told our reporters that people came in as early as 8am when the mall opened and bought off every sanitizers and masks available.

A Pharmacist at D2 Pharmacy and Supermarts located off Akilo Road in Ogba also confided in Daily Trust that the products were all bought off shelf this morning around 11:00am when our reporters visited. “We have notified our head office to get more supplies of the products from their manufacturers so as to make them available to residents. You can drop your contact so I can call you whenever we have new supplies of the products,” the attendant told one of our reporters.

Other major supermarkets and pharmacy stores visited in Ikeja and Agege areas of the state no longer have the products in stock as well. However, our reporters observed that most Lagos residents now go about their daily activities with hand sanitizers and few wore face masks, just as they try to avoid crowd contacts in most areas visited today. Don’t panic! Debunking eleven myths about Coronavirus Our reporters also observed that some private schools, offices and restaurants, among others are also ensuring both staff and visitors get their hands sanitized before gaining entrance. Some restaurants have gone as far as creating hand washing and sanitizing corner, all in a bid to be safe from being infected. Some residents have also been sighted with hand gloves and nose masks as they continue to live in fear of contracting the disease.

Meanwhile the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has assured Nigerians, that with appropriate information, treatment and precautions, Nigeria will beat COVID19 like Ebola.

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/face-masks-hand-sanitizers-sold-out-in-lagos-following-coronavirus-scare.html

God airpuss

Lol

As expected
This is getting serious

Wakanda thing is this?

Nigerians are the worst set of people on earth, instead of them to normalize the price or even reduce it self, so that everyone can afford it...Dem don cari the price high...
Like say no be person weh dey alive dey buy market...#useless Country

Why are Nigerians more reactive than proactive?

I always have my hand sanitizer, because of those customers that will want to shake someone with prick hand or hand they used to pick nose.

Once Nigeria is declared free, they go back to their old dirty ways.

I will keep saying it.

What the government should have done is to put people coming from high risk countries like South Korea, Iran, and Italy under automatic quarantine.

The Coronavirus is a virus that can spread even during the incubation period. This means, a person may not show symptoms but can still spread the disease.

Incompetence will not kill us in this country.

I heard the Chinese are also buying it from Nigeria shipping it back to China too

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I don't know how a sane person can find this situation funny,are our youths that stupid really.

Dem don increase price

If our government can't protect us, we will protect ourselves. How I will be on the lookout for anyone that say he is from abroad

How can Face Mask be increased from 750 to 15k

Like WTF is wrong with Nigerians

Always want to extort hugely from people with any slight opportunity. everything is just wrong in this country. I'm tired!

They simply took it off shelf to later reintroduce it for an higher price abi no be Nigeria again ... create artificial scarcity while your warehouse is fully loaded then bring the goods out when the price is atleast triple


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Person that will catch it will catch it...

Nigerians too dey do there own things..

Good.
But this seems like a small store.
I've been avoiding my neighbor since he came back from work...
because say I hear say the italian man visit Saipem office in Ikoyi.
My neighbor works saipem for Dangote Refinery...we mostly have a brief chat almost every day after work...Even when He say make I come pack well,I just throw key to am say I busy...
The problem is... Tomorrow is Saturday and there's sunday also...almost no way to run from him on weekends.

Who one die? Make I go order my own face masks from China begin sell

Hmmm...

Aso Rock would've been better not Lagos for a start.

As expected from the average Nigerians. They'll do anything to make profit. I'm sure it's the resellers that exhausted the supply in the malls.

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Hmmm.... All will be well

Obviously some people will take the advantage of what as befall us......market don come my aba boys don ship in container of mask and hand sanitizers

Dollar don my rise my people.
'Buhari don close border'

Anyone who has those things in stock has 'hammered'

After I don get infect with the virus am heading straight to police state

Fear will kee people faster than this virus in 9ja
Say no to fear.

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Fear kills faster than the actual disease

Why is everybody panicking?