Face mask, hand gel, medical alcohol on sales at government venues
People lined up to receive queue card for buying medical items to ward off coronavirus infection at Government House and the government’s complaint centre on Friday morning (February 7).
Face masks are on sales at Bt25 per pack of ten pieces, while a 400-gramme handwashing gel bottle costs Bt65. Purchases are limited to one item of each product on sales per person.
A tube containg 50-gramme handwashing gel is priced at Bt24, while a 60 millilitre of 70 per cent alcohol bottle costs Bt14. Purchases of these two items are limited to two each per person.
People can purchase a set of all items at Bt141.
The face masks on sales were procured by the Ministry of Commerce, handwashing gel and alcohol by the Ministry of Public Health.
This project will run for 15 days, from Friday (February 7), at Gate 6 of Government House near Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge on Ratchadamnoen Nok Road and the government’s complaint centre, Office of the Permanent Secretary, opposite Government House on Phitsanulok Road, Bangkok.
About 20,000 pieces were sold within 20 minutes at the two venues.