Thailand’s government sells masks to locals in face of nCoV hinh anh 1Up to 20,000 pieces were sold at 25 baht (0.8 USD) per 10-piece pack, each buyer can by only one pack. (Photo: VNA)

Bangkok (VNA)
– Thousands of protective masks sold by the government of Thailand were snapped up in half an hour on February 7 amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Up to 20,000 pieces were sold at 25 baht (0.8 USD) per 10-piece pack, each buyer can by only one pack.

The Commerce Ministry will sell another 10,000 masks on February 8, starting at 9 am, Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said.

The ministry plans to sell 2 million masks within the second week of February.

He said the public is allowed to buy up to 10 pieces per person./.


VNA