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China - Fujian - Quanzhou recent increase in sale of masks - mostly for cold and flu prevention

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Translation google

December 11, 2013 week three

Quanzhou recent increase sales people to buy more masks to warm Flu
  
Morning News (reporter Liu Liping) Recently, some regions of China have appeared in a wide range of fog and haze, pose a serious threat to human health. Yesterday, the reporter visited a number of pharmacies found Quanzhou areas, masks Recently increased sales, but most people buy a mask just to keep warm or to prevent the flu, and most pharmacies no special dust masks.
  
A large pharmacy in Quanzhou Strand, salesman to reporters about the three masks: disposable medical masks, cotton masks, gauze masks. Among them, disposable medical masks are sold by the bag, a bag of 3 dollars, made of a medical fiber, only one layer; cotton masks are only one layer, but relatively thick, it is the best selling, two dollars a; reporter found gauze masks are the most expensive pharmacy, constituted by three layers of gauze, the price of 2.5 yuan a.
  
Pharmacy sales staff told reporters that they do not have a dedicated shop dust masks, is currently the best selling cotton disposable masks and masks, gauze masks buyers and most of them are suffering from respiratory patients. When a reporter asked if there had been fog and haze prevention for customers to buy a dedicated dust masks when the sales staff smiled and said: "Look out the weather is so good, does not seem to need it."
  
However, the salesman then added that only a handful of customers ready out of the province have had such a request, most customers just buy ordinary cotton masks. But she said the recent sales of masks to be slightly better than the previous period, "for warmth and more consumers are considering anti-influenza rarely fear fog and haze."
  
"Customers are buying disposable masks generally convenient but also health, other materials masks few people buy." Another staff member told reporters inside the pharmacy. Some drugstore sales staff said, from a health point of view, no matter how good masks, should be replaced regularly, if the price is higher, the cost is low, people buy less, so pharmacies rarely purchased this mask.
  
In the vicinity of the new station, the reporter found a young man wearing disposable masks. He told reporters, mainly for his anti-flu masks. "Now my colleague something flu, I wear a mask more out of personal hygiene point of view." Some older respondents also told reporters that they wear masks are mostly cold and flu prevention.

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