since it was announced by Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo on 2 March 2020 that 2 positive Indonesians contracted the Corona virus, making Padang city residents hunt masks to drugstores in Padang, such as drugstore areas in the Tarandam area, Padang City.

It seems that the residents of Padang city have come to look for masks and buy them at retail or large scale.

One buyer named "he bought a mask to anticipate the spread of corona padang when he was active, besides that he bought a mask to be sent to his family who is outside the city of Padang" due to hunting by Padang city residents, the price of masks rose from 1 strand of maskei initially priced at 1,000 rupiah to 4000 rupiahs, and the price of one box of masks was initially priced at 60,000 rupiahs to 200,000 rupiahs.

When invaded by the community, masks are currently also difficult to find in drug stores, supermarkets, and shops that usually sell masks in Padang City.

not only masks, hand washing now is also hard to find in the city of Padang because it is attacked by the people.


trabslet interview: "I bought a mask to anticipate the spread of corona because recently it was announced by the state that Indonesian citizens 2 people expressed positive corona, the mask was very difficult to find and the price also jumped up"