Vietnam’s total Covid-19 cases have reached over 40,000 per day with the capital city of Hanoi securing the highest number of patients.
Le Nguyen Thanh Thao from Hoang Mai District said that her two children have returned to in-person study, so she has bought more face masks and quick test kits to use. Her family conducts Covid-19 quick testing every three days.
The demand for quick test kits in Hanoi on the rise
Bui Van Luan from Thanh Xuan District said he had booked one box of quick test kits and two cartons of masks. Since his children came back to school, Covid-19 quick testing is carried out every three days.
Duong Thi Kim Ngan bought up to 50 boxes of quick test kits for a wholesale price of VND50,000 (USD2.15) each kit and then shared them with their friends and relatives.
Currently, the retail sale of each test kit ranges VND53,000-100,000, depending on different kinds.
According to Mai Thi Ngoc, a drugstore owner in Nam Tu Liem District, most of her customers buy cartons of face masks, not boxes as before the Lunar New Year or Tet holiday. Recently, both masks for children and adults have seen higher prices.
Pham Anh Thu, who works at a pharmacy in Hai Ba Trung District, said that besides masks and quick test kits, vitamins, saline and medicines such as fever reducers have been sold very well.