Drop in the purchase of nose masks and face shield
The use of nose masks and face shield was one of the safety measure laid for the preventive towards the spread of covid 19. Patronage of it seems not attractive as compared to the previous state.
During the covid 19 pandemic,face masks have been employed as a public and personal health control measures against the spread of the virus. It serve as personal protection to limit transmission of the virus in a community or healthcare setting.
As of early may 2020, 88% of the world population lived in countries that recommend or mandated the use of masks in public; more than 75 countries had mandated the use of mask.Ghana is one of the countries that mandated the use of the masks during the corona virus pandemic in the country. And also the selling of the masks created employment for many people in Ghana.
Today, the situation has changed, in a way that people no longer adhere to the wearing of nose masks and the face shield again, as the wearing of the masks ceases their breath, the nose masks is not being purchase as previously.
” we have to learn to a accept the virus as it is here to stay with as” said the Health Minister at a Press Conference in Accra.
Now Ghanaians seems not to be scared of the virus which also has lowerd the purchase of nose mask and face shield in the country.
Story by: Anita
