Mask sales fall 40% after Peru no longer requires their use

One month ago use The mask is no longer mandatory in Peru. From that point to the present, sales have fallen by 40%, but with the new announcement of Ministry of Health caresellers are unsure if they will purchase more items or if they will run out.

“Mask prices have persisted and in some cases have risen; however, if Minsa decides that use is mandatory, sellers can keep or increase their price because there will be more demand,” said Roberto Diaz, president. responsible for Association of Medium Importers of Peru (Aimpe).

Currently, a box of KN95 mask costs SGD 20 of 50 units, the same number of plain ones costs SGD 2 to 5. At the height of the pandemic, in Mesa Redonda, from where they were distributed around the world. One million masks have been sold to the country

After a year of the pandemic, the sale dropped to 200,000, and now it is reduced by 40% because its use is optional. “We want to know we have a product because it takes three months to ship the product,” Diaz said.

Minsy’s announcement

This Wednesday, November 16, the Minister of Health Kelly Portalatino propose to the Council of Ministers mandatory return of the use of masksas a result of an increase in cases of covid-19.

“On Wednesday at the meeting of the Council of Ministers (…) I am obliged as a minister to make a proposal before this council, before which we are going to make the best decision, because we have to defend ourselves against the Christmas campaign, which these high peaks are always where the number of cases increases “, he told the press.

Data from Minsa, Arequipa, Loreto, Cusco, Ancash and Ica; as well as the Metropolitan of Lima and Callaopresented an increase infection during the last three weeks.