Everyone is worried about the Wuhan virus and are taking the necessary precautions to keep themselves safe. This means that there has been an increase in the purchase of surgical masks from pharmacies and convenience stores, causing it to run out of stock in many places.
Source: Facebook
One Stop Superstore in Asia City and Orange 24HR convenience store at Imago Shopping Mall have been giving out free masks since yesterday (Jan 29th) in a bid to help others. People who needed masks were directed to the counter and they didn’t even need to buy anything to get the free masks.
Source: Sinchew
Source: Sinchew
To stop people from being selfish and hoarding the masks, the stores announced that they could only give one mask to one person. This is also based on a first-come-first-serve basis. Sinchew reported that they are planning to distribute 35,000 masks instead of selling them. The managing director said he discovered the masks in Kota Kinabalu were out of stock so he arranged for some to be sent there.
He said that he wanted to help those in need as many people were unable to buy masks. Once there is sufficient stock, they will start selling masks again. Netizens were touched by this kindness and praised the stores for not taking advantage of the insufficient stock.
That’s really kind and generous of them to be helping out like this by giving free masks!
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