Mask shortage ‘baffling’
The prospect of the Covid-19 outbreak turning into a “Stage 3” full-blown epidemic in Thailand is deepening worries over the dire shortage of face masks.
Though the Commerce Ministry’s Internal Trade Department (ITD) has placed controls on domestic mask manufacturing and distribution to prevent hoarding and exports, public fear of the severe scarcity has not disappeared, with one question still burning in people’s minds: Where have all the masks gone?
Bangkok Post Reporter
